Chapter 13, Problem 13.40P

Like alcohols, ethers undergo Α cleavage by breaking a carbon–carbon bond between an alkyl group and the carbon bonded to the ether oxy gen atom; that is, the red $\text{C}-\text{C}$ bond in $\text{R}-{\text{CH}}_{\text{2}}{\text{OR}}^{\text{'}}$ is broken. With this in mind, propose structures for the fragments formed by $\text{α}$ cleavage of ${\left({\text{CH}}_{\text{3}}\right)}_{\text{2}}{\text{CHCH}}_{\text{2}}{\text{OCH}}_{\text{2}}{\text{CH}}_{\text{3}}$. Suggest a reason why an ether fragments by Α cleavage.