Alcohol, Phenol and EtherHard

Question

In the reaction
2C2H5OH (C2H5)2 O + H2O
alumina acts mainly as

Options

A.an absorbent of water
B.a provider of hot solid surface
C.a Lewis acid to coordinate (C2H5)2O formed
D.a Lewis acid catalyst to increase the leaving group ability of the − OH group by coordination at oxygen.

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