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Alcohols, Phenols And Ethers

Question
CBSEENCH12008290

Write the names of reagents and equations for the preparation of the following ethers by Williamson’s synthesis:

1-methoxyethane.

Solution
stack bold CH subscript bold 3 bold Cl with bold Chloromethane below bold space bold plus bold space stack bold Na to the power of bold plus bold O to the power of bold minus bold C subscript bold 2 bold H subscript bold 5 with bold Sodium bold space bold ethoxide below bold space bold space bold space bold rightwards arrow bold space bold space bold space stack bold CH subscript bold 3 bold OC subscript bold 2 bold H subscript bold 5 with bold Methoxy bold space bold ethane below bold plus bold space bold NaCl