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Q. Rate of dehydration of alcohols follows the order:

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Solution:

The order of dehydration among three type of alcohols is $3^{\circ} > 2^{\circ} > 1^{\circ} > CH_{3}OH$. This behaviour is related to the relative stabilities of carbocations $\left(3^{\circ} > 2^{\circ} > 1^{\circ} \right)$.