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Write the mechanism of acid dehydration of ethanol to yield ethene.
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The mechanism of dehydration of alcohols to form alkenes occur by the following three steps:
(a) Formation of protonated alcohol:
(b) Formation of carbocation :
(c) Elimination of a proton to form ethene:
(a) Formation of protonated alcohol:
(b) Formation of carbocation :
(c) Elimination of a proton to form ethene:
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