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How do you prepare diethyl ether by dehydration of ethanol.

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When ethanol is heated with conc. `H_(2)SO_(4)` at 414K, diethyl ether is formed.
`2C_(2)H_(5)OH overset("conc. "H_(2)SO_(4))underset("414 K")to C_(2)H_(5)-O-C_(2)H_(5)` diethyl ether.
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