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KCET · Chemistry · Alcohols Phenols and Ethers

Ethyl alcohol is heated with concentrated sulphuric acid at 413 K . The major product

  1. A \(\mathrm{C}_2 \mathrm{H}_5-\mathrm{O}-\mathrm{C}_2 \mathrm{H}_5\)
  2. B \(\mathrm{CH}_3-\mathrm{O}-\mathrm{C}_3 \mathrm{H}_7\)
  3. C \(\mathrm{CH}_2=\mathrm{CH}_2\)
  4. D \(\mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{COOC}_2 \mathrm{H}_5\)
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(A) \(\mathrm{C}_2 \mathrm{H}_5-\mathrm{O}-\mathrm{C}_2 \mathrm{H}_5\)

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