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Question
Write the mechanism of the following reaction:
\[\ce{2CH3CH2OH ->[H^+][413 K] CH3-CH2-O-CH2-CH3 + H2O}\]
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Solution
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\[\begin{array}{cc}
\phantom{.....................................}\ce{H}\\
\ce{CH3-CH2-\overset{\bullet\bullet}{\underset{\bullet\bullet}{O}}-H + H^+ -> CH3-CH2-\overset{+\bullet\bullet\phantom{...}}{\underset{\bullet\bullet}{O}}-H}
\end{array}\]
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