When ethanol is treated with sulphuric acid at $413 \mathrm{~K}$ the reaction involved in it is
When ethanol is treated with sulphuric acid at $413 \mathrm{~K}$ the reaction involved in it is
$\mathrm{S}_{\mathrm{N}} 2$
$S_N 1$
addition
elimination
Solution
Reaction of ethanol with $\mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{SO}_4$ at $413 \mathrm{~K}$ produces ethoxyethane (ether). It is intermolecular dehydration which follows $S_N 2$ path.
