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Question
State how the following conversion can be carried out:
Ethyl alcohol to ethene.
Chemical Equations/Structures
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Solution
By heating ethyl alcohol with conc. H2SO4 at 170°C
\[\ce{\underset{Ethyl alcohol}{C2H5OH} ->[Conc. H2SO4][\Delta] \underset{ethene}{C2H4} + \underset{water}{H2O}}\]
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