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During dehydration of alcohols to alkenes by heating with conc. H_(2)SO_(4) the initiation step is

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Protonation of alcohol molecule
Formation of carbocation
Elimination of water
Formation of an ester

Solution :`H_(2)SO_(4)to H^(+)+ HSO_(4)^(-)`
`C_(2)H_(5)OH + H^(+) underset(" of alcohol")OVERSET("Protonation")to underset("Protonated alcohol")(C_(2)H_(5)-underset(H)underset(darr)overset(o+)O-H)`


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