JEE Main Chemistry question

The action of halogen acids on an ether has the following order of reactivity:

Answer: (C)

Solution

Cleavage of an ether by a halogen acid proceeds through nucleophilic attack by the halide ion, and iodide is the most nucleophilic and the best

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