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Question
State the property of sulphuric acid shown by the reaction of conc. sulphuric acid when heated with ethanol.
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Solution
It behaves as a dehydrating agent to ethanol and dehydrates ethanol to ethylene (ethene).
\[\ce{C2H5OH <=>[Conc. H2SO4][170^\circ C] C2H4\uparrow + H2O}\]
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Chapter 11: Study of Compounds D. Sulphuric Acid - EXERCISE-11 [Page 180]
