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Diethyl sulfate is hydrolysed with dilute (50%) sulfuric acid to ethanol and sulfuric acid. Diethyl ether is an important byproduct.

This process is no longer cost effective for the manufacture of ethanol.

Industrial Organic Chemistry, 3rd. Ed. K. Weissermel, H.-J. Arpe, VCH (1997)
(C2H5O)2SO2
  +  
2
H2O
  +  
H2SO4
         
2
CH3CH2OH
  +  
  +  
H2SO4
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Diethyl sulfate     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Water     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Sulfuric acid Catalyst    Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Ethanol     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Diethylether     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Sulfuric acid     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Hydrolysis
Industrial Process: Organic

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