Compound formed from n-Butyl, t-Butyl Ether and Sulfuric Acid

[pardesi]

when n-butyl,t-butyl ether was made to satnd with conc. sulphuric acid then a heavy hydrocarbon was formed after a long time what can it be and why?

 

[pardesi]

someone please...

 

[Vagrant]

What do you think the compound is?

 

[pardesi]

well the answer is polyisobutylene but how

 

[chemisttree]

Start by using the proton available from the sulfuric acid. Add it to one of the atoms of the n-butyl, t-butyl ether. From that intermediate you must deduce what happens next.

Hint: The acid is catalytic in this reaction and polyisobutylene comes from the polymerization of isobutene. Polyisobutylene is not the only product formed from this reaction.