Question

Ethanol is heated at 443 k with excess concebtrated sulphuric acid to give an unsaturated hydrocarbon
Name the unsaturated hydrocarbon?

Answer 1

SOLUTION

Reaction:

$</p><p>\bold{C_{2}H_{5}OH \stackrel{Hot Conc. H_{2}SO_{4}}{\longrightarrow} C_{2}H_{4}} </p><p>$

Here,

We got the product $\bold{C_{2}H_{4}}$ which is an unsaturated hydrocarbon known as ETHENE.