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Suggest a route to prepare ethyl hydrogen sulphate (CH3CH2OSO2OH) starting from ethanol (C2H5OH).

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Mechanism

It is a two-step process

Step-1 Protonation of alcohol


Step-2 attack of Nucleophile


Conditions for Temperature-

The temperature should not be allowed to rise above 383 K, otherwise, diethyl ether will be produced at 413 K or ethene at 433 K.



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