In one industrial synthesis of ethanol, ethene first undergoes an addition reaction with sulfuric acid, and this

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In one industrial synthesis of ethanol, ethene first undergoes an addition reaction with sulfuric acid, and this product undergoes hydrolysis to ethanol. Write a mechanism for the addition of sulfuric acid to ethene.

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Organic Chemistry

ISBN: 978-1118875766

12th Edition

Authors: T. W. Graham Solomons, Craig B. Fryhle, Scott A. Snyder

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