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Bimolecular dehydration of alcohols to ethers follows which mechanism?
ASN2 substitution
BE1 elimination
CFree radical chain
DSN1 substitution
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. SN2 substitution
One alcohol molecule attacks a protonated alcohol in a nucleophilic bimolecular step.
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