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Draw the ether formed when ethyl alcohol is heated in the presence of concentrated sulfuric acid.
♦ Relevant knowledge
Alcohols
Alcohols belong to the functional organic compounds, distinguished by the presence of an hydroxyl group, OH that is linked to an aliphatic group a straight chain , or ring(s) composed of hydrogen and carbon atoms. The C-O bond of alcohol is a reactive site for alcohols in which oxygen atoms are partially negative in charge whereas the carbon atoms bonded to oxygen are partially positive.
Answer
If ethanol, which is the alcohol that is shown on the reaction part of the process is reacts with sulfuric acid at high temperatures the oxygen that is negative in alcohol gets protonated the acid:
The carbon that is partially positive in ethanol is damaged through lone pairs of oxygen that come from a different ethanol molecule, forming bonds between carbon oxygen, while simultaneously breaking the bonds between carbon and oxygen, leading to an elimination of water as well as this product:
The hydrogen that is connected to positive oxygen removed by the oxygen of a different alcohol molecule to form the ether referred to as diethyl-ether.:
CH3-CH2-OH heated in concentrated H2-S-4O4 results in CH2=CH2 +H2O
The ether is collected above water
But, I believe you might be referring to Diethylether.
CH3CH2OH2 +CH3CH2OH gives H2O + H+ CH3CH2OCH2CH3
Hydronium ions are formed when the acid reacts in an aqueous environment.