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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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Answer» 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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