Chemistry
Fill in the blanks with the choices given in the brackets:
(i) Conversion of ethanol to ethene by the action of conc. sulphuric acid is an example of …………… [dehydration/dehydrogenation/dehydrohalogenation]
(ii) Substitution reactions are characteristic reactions of ……………[alkynes/alkenes/alkanes].
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(i) Conversion of ethanol to ethene by the action of conc. sulphuric acid is an example of dehydration
(ii) Substitution reactions are characteristic reactions of alkanes
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