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Q. Ethanol is converted into ethoxy ethane,

KCETKCET 2016Alcohols Phenols and Ethers

Solution:

Ethanol is converted to ethoxy ethane by heating with conc. $H _{2} SO _{4}$ at $140^{\circ} C (413\, K )$, i.e.

Step 1

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Step 2 Another $CH _{3} CH _{2} OH$ attacks on $CH _{3} CH _{ a }^{\oplus}$ ion

as follows:

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