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Dehydration of alcohol to form an alkene...

Dehydration of alcohol to form an alkene is always carried out with concentrated `H_(2)SO_(4)` and not with concentrated `HCl` or `HNO_(3)`. Explain.

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In acidic medium alcohols protonated then loses `H_(2)O` to form a carbo cation. If HCl Cl− strong nucleophile cause nucleophilic substitution, `HNO_(3)` causes oxidation.
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