Question

Formation of diethyl ether from ethanol is based on

Answer 1

Answer:

✨Hey,

Formation of diethyl ether is based on dehydration reaction.

(When excess of the ethyl alcohol is heated with the conc H2SO4 then diethyl ether is formed)

Answer 2

Answer a dehydration reaction is the correct answer

explanation :

when excess of ethyl alcohol is heated with concentrated sulphuric acid, diethyl either is obtained .

This is distillation process

Reaction are as follows:

2C2H5- OH ---------------- C2H5-O - C2H5 + H2O

C2H5-O-C2H5 is deithyl either .

In this reaction , equal amount of alcohol and concentrated sulphuric acid are taken in a distillation flask .

step 1

The ethyl alcohol is added to the flask .

Step 2

Ethyl hydrogen sulphate reacts with add alcohol to give diethyl either .

C2H5 - SO3H is ethyl hydrogen sulphate

This is dehydration reaction and also known as continuous etherification reaction.

this method is best suited with the help of primary alcohols .