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JEE Mains · Chemistry · STD 12 - 7. Alcohol, phenol and ethers

An ether \((A)\), \(C_5H_{12}O\), when heated with excess of hot concentrated \(HI\) produced two alkyl halides which when treated with \(NaOH\) yielded compounds \((B)\) and \((C)\). Oxidation of \((B)\) and \((C)\) gave a propanone and an ethanoic acid respectively. The \(IUPAC\) name of the ether \((A)\) is 

  1. A \(2-\) ethoxypropane
  2. B ethoxypropane
  3. C methoxybutane
  4. D \(2-\) methoxybutane
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(A) \(2-\) ethoxypropane

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\(\mathop {C{H_3}C{H_2}OCH{{(C{H_3})}_2}}\limits_{(A)} \xrightarrow{{Conc.\,HI}}\) \(\mathop {C{H_3}C{H_2}I}\limits_{(B)} \, + \,\,\mathop {{{(C{H_3})}_2}CHI}\limits_{(C)} \) \(\mathop {C{H_3}C{H_2}I}\limits_{(B)} \,\xrightarrow{{NaOH}}C{H_3}C{H_2}OH\,\)…
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