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Explain the relative ease of dehydration of alcohols as : tertiary `gt` secondary `gt` primary.

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The dehydration of alcohols occurs through carbocation intermediates. Since the stability of carbocations decreases in the order: `3^(@) gt 2^(@) gt 1^(@)`. Therefore, dehydration of alcohols follows the same order, i.e., tertiarygtsecondarygtprimary.
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