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Assertion: Dehydration of alcohols always takes place in basic medium. Reason : OH ⁻ is a better leaving group.

Options

  1. AIf both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
  2. BIf both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
  3. CIf assertion is true but reason is false.
  4. DIf both assertion and reason are false.

Correct answer

D. If both assertion and reason are false.

Step-by-step solution

Dehydration of alcohols can be carried out either with protonic acids such as conc. H ₂ SO ₄ , H ₃ PO ₄ or catalysts such as anhydrous zinc chloride or alumina.

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