Concentrated sulfuric acid is generally used to promote acid-catalyzed dehydration because:

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Ezequiel Cardenas

Chemistry

3 March, 07:40

Concentrated sulfuric acid is generally used to promote acid-catalyzed dehydration because:

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Leanna · Answer 1

Concentrated sulfuric acid is used to promote acid catalyzed dehydration because it has little water. This favor the forward reaction. sulfuric acid acts as as proton source to enable loss of leaving group in forward reaction and electrophile addition in reverse reaction.