How is Ether Formed from an Alkyl Halide?

alingy1 · Aug 7, 2014

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The book's answer seems way off. Where is there starting halide!? I posted my solution (I made a typo there. It is not EtO- but CH3O-).

Borek · Aug 7, 2014

They use CH₃I in the second reaction, that's the halide, isn't it?

DrClaude · Aug 7, 2014

alingy1 said:

The book's answer seems way off. Where is [STRIKE]there[/STRIKE] their starting halide!?

It appears in the second step: CH₃I

[Edit: Borek, you're always too quick for me!]

alingy1 · Aug 7, 2014

Perfect! I had an eureka moment a few seconds ago!

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