Question

Dehydration of glycerol gives
(a) Propane (b) Propene
(c) Acrolein (d) Benzene

Answer 1

Answer:

c acrolein ................

Answer 2

Answer:

(c) Acrolein

When glycerol is heated with sulphuric acid or KHSO4, it is followed by dehydration to give acrolein. Acrolein is a compound with bad odour