JEE Main Chemistry question

On boiling with concentrated hydrobromic acid, phenyl ethyl ether (phenetole, C₆H₅OC₂H₅) yields

Answer: (A)

Solution

As with anisole, cleavage of an aryl alkyl ether by HX always occurs at the alkyl–oxygen bond attack

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Question ID VK-140112