The dehydration of ethyl alcohol with conc. H2SO4 at 140°C mainly yields ______ while at 170°C the main product formed is ______.

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TextDehydration of AlcoholsMechanism of Dehydration of Alcohols

Why is the C – O bond length in phenols less than that in methanol ?

Physical Properties of Phenols

Arrange the following in order of increasing boiling point : Ethoxyethane, Butanal, Butanol, n-butane

How can phenol be prepared from anisole ? Give reaction.

Illustrate hydroboration – oxidation reaction with an example.

Give mechanism of the following reaction : CH3CH2OH → (H2SO4, 413 K) → CH3CH2 – O – CH2CH3 + H2O

The correct order of the ease of dehydration of the following alcohols by the action of conc. H₂SO₄ is: