Question

Dehydration of alcohol to alkene by heating with conc. $H_{2}S{O}_4$ , the initiation step is _______ followed with________ mechanism.

• A. Elimination of water, free radical
• B. Formation of an ester, free radical
• C. Protonation of alcohol, carbocation
• D. Protonation of alcohol, carbanion

Answer 1

Answer: (C)