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Sodium methoxide on heating with bromoethane gives __________(a) methoxymethane(b) methoxyethane(c) ethoxyethane(d) diethyl etherThe question was posed to me during an interview.Question is taken from Ethers topic in chapter Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers of Chemistry – Class 12

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Correct CHOICE is (b) methoxyethane

To EXPLAIN I would say: This is an EXAMPLE of Williamson synthesis of unsymmetrical ether, where CH3ONa is reacted with CH3CH2Br to form CH3CH2OCH3, which is ethyl methyl ether.



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