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Which of the following alcohols will be more suspectible to acidic dehydration?

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`CH_(3)CH_(2)CH_(2)CH_(2)OH`
`{:(""CH_(3)),("|"),(CH_(3)-C-OH),("|"),(""CH_(3)):}`
`CH_(3)-underset(CH_(3))underset(|)(C)HCH_(2)OH`
none of these

Solution :`underset("tert-Butyl alcohol")(H_(3)C-underset(CH_(3))underset(|)overset(CH_(3))overset(|)(C)-OH)`
Due to the FORMATION of most stable `3^(@)` carbocation.


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