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ChemistryAlcohols, Phenols and EthersJEE Main

One mole of an organic compound with the formula reacts completely with two moles of HI to form and . When is boiled with aqueous alkali it forms . answers the iodoform test. The compound is **[K CET 2010]**

Answer: (D)

Solution

Since () reacts with two moles of HI, must be an unsymmetrical ether (an alcohol would consume only one mole of HI); methoxyethane, , cleaves with HI to give () and (, since O goes with the

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