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

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Mechanism of dehydration of ethnol involves following steps.
Step 1 : Formation of protonated alcohol

Step 2 : Formation of Carbocation. It is slowest step and rate determining step.

Step 3 : Formation of ethene by elimination of proton.
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