Q

Heating ethanol at 443 K with excess concentrated H2SO4 gives which unsaturated hydrocarbon?

RRB Group D 2023
✓ Answer: C Ethene
Dehydration of ethanol with hot concentrated sulphuric acid at 443K removes water and forms ethene: CH3CH2OH -> CH2=CH2 + H2O.
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