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Dehydration of methyl alcohol with conc. `H_(2)SO_(4)` yields

A

methane

B

ethane

C

methyl hydrogen sulphate

D

dimethyl ether

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D
`2CH_3-OH underset(413K) overset(conc. H_2SO_4)to CH_3-O-CH_3+H_2O`
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