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Ethanol is heated with conc. at 413 K with the alcohol in excess. The main product is

  1. Aethene
  2. Bethyl ethanoate
  3. Cethanal
  4. Dethoxyethane

Answer: D

At 413 K with excess alcohol, ethanol is dehydrated bimolecularly: ethyl hydrogen sulphate is attacked by a second molecule of ethanol in an step to give . Ethene is formed only at about 443 K or above (intramolecular dehydration), so ethoxyethane is the answer.
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