Name the compound formed when ethanol is heated in excess of conc. sulphuric acid in it. What would happen if hydrogen is added to the product of this reaction in the presence of catalysts such as palladium or nickel?
Ethanol undergoes dehydration process when it is heated in the presence of excess conc. sulphuric acid to form ethene (CH2=CH2).
Now ethene combines with hydrogen to form ethane (C2H6) which is a saturated hydrocarbon.
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