Organic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
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ISBN: 9781118133576
Author: T. W. Graham Solomons, Craig Fryhle
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
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Chapter 21, Problem 6Q
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Interpretation:

The products formed in the reaction are to be determined.

Concept introduction:

When ethers react with a strong acid, they cleave to form alcohols or phenols with alkyl halide. These types of reactions occur by SN2 mechanism, when ether is on primary carbon.

The other name of the aryl ether is anisole. This compound acts as a nucleophile due to presence of lone pairs on oxygen of ether part, favouring the attack of electrophiles.

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