Q. To prepare an ether by Williamson’s synthesis, the reactants needed are
A) Ethyl alcohol and tert butyl alcohol
B) Sodium ethoxide and tert butyl bromide
C) Sodium tertiary butoxide and ethyl bromide
D) Sodium ethoxide and sodium tert butoxide
Explanation
(c)
$1{^\circ}$ alkyl halides on treatment with an alkoxide ion tend to undergo substitution to form ethers. So sodium tert butoxide and ethyl bromide reagent is used
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