Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Write the name and structural formula of the compound obtained when ethanol is heated at 443 K with excess of conc. H2SO4. Also write chemical equation for the reaction stating the role of conc. H2SO4 in it.
Advertisements
Solution
When ethanol (C2H5OH) is heated at 443 K with excess of conc. H2SO4, ethene (C2H4) is obtained. In this reaction, sulphuric acid acts as a dehydrating agent.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Give other two names of ethanol.
Give the structural formula of ethanol.
How can ethanol and ethanoic acid be differentiated on the basis of their physical properties?
Organic compounds having
functional group are known as
Complete the following equation:
`CH_3 CH_2 OH` 
Give the lab. Prepared of methyl alcohol.
What would you see, when ethyne is bubbled through a solution of bromine in carbon tetrachloride?
Name the following:
100% ethanol
Give the balanced chemical equation of the following reaction:
Oxidation of ethanol by acidified potassium dichromate.
Give the balanced chemical equation of the following reaction:
Oxidation of ethanol by acidified potassium dichromate.
