Dehydration of alcohols to form an alkene is always carried out with conc. H2SO4 and not with conc. HCl or HNO3. Explain.
Dehydration of alcohols to form an alkene is always carried out with conc. H2SO4 and not with conc. HCl or HNO3. Explain.
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In acidic medium alcohols protonated then loses H2O to form a carbo cation. If HCl Cl- strong nucleophile cause nucleophilic substitution, HNO3 causes oxidation.
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