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Assertion: Ethers are not prepared by the dehydration of secondary and tertiary alcohols.
Reason : In the secondary and tertiary alcohols elimination competes over substitution during dehydration, alkenes are easily formed.

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A.Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

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B.Both Aand R are true but R is not the correct expanation for A

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C. A is true R is false

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D.both A and R is false

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The dehydration of secondary and tertiary alcohols to give-ethers is unsuccessful as elimination competes over substitution and as a consequence alkenes are easily formed.
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