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Write the mechanism of acid catalysed dehydration of ethanol to ethene.

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(a) when sodium phenate is heated with carbon dioxide to `140^(@)C` under 6-7 atm pressure, sodium salicylate is obtained which on acidification gives salicylic acid.
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