JEE Main Chemistry question

In Williamson's synthesis ethoxyethane is prepared by **[Manipal 2007]**

(A)Passing ethanol over heated alumina
(B)Heating sodium ethoxide with ethyl bromideCorrect
(C)Treating ethyl alcohol with excess of at 430-440 K
(D)Heating ethanol with dry

Answer: (B)

Solution

Williamson's synthesis specifically uses an alkoxide and an alkyl halide: sodium ethoxide reacting with ethyl bromide displaces bromide to give diethyl ether (ethoxyethane): $ +

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