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Allylic carbocation or tertiary carbocation?
Edit: Given a primary alcohol, say ethanol and react with H2SO4, does H2SO4 give an ester or does it go through an elimination reaction?
I was debating, and I figured if given 2 moles of the reactant, then H2SO4/heat would give an ester. But with 1 mol of the reactant and just H2SO4/heat, it will go through elimination. Correct or no?
Edit: Given a primary alcohol, say ethanol and react with H2SO4, does H2SO4 give an ester or does it go through an elimination reaction?
I was debating, and I figured if given 2 moles of the reactant, then H2SO4/heat would give an ester. But with 1 mol of the reactant and just H2SO4/heat, it will go through elimination. Correct or no?
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