Identify the product obtained when ethers are dissolved in cold concentrated sulphuric acid.

1. Alkanols
2. Alkanoic acids
3. Alkyl hydrogen sulphate
4. Oxonium salts

Solution

The following reaction occurs when ethers are dissolved in cold concentrated sulphuric acid:

Asked in: MHT CET 2024 (04 May Shift 1)

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