Chapter3: Mechanisms
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The question asked above is a common name reaction known as williamson ether synthesis .In this reaction a deprotonated alcohol known as alkoxide reacts with a halide to form an ether. In this reaction the alkoxide with negative charge on oxygen attack SN2 manner at the carbon center where bromine is attached .As bromine is a good leaving group it will leave giving the corresponding ether (c)
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