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Question
How will you carry out the following conversions:
(i) Ethanol to ethene
(ii) Bromoethane to ethanol
Solution
(i) Ethanol to ethene:
\[\ce{C2H5OH ->[conc.H2SO4][170°C] CH2 = CH2 + H20}\]
(ii) Bromoethane to ethanol:
\[\ce{C2H5Br + KOH(aq) -> C2H5OH + KBr}\]
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