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Assertion :t-butyl methyl ether is not prepared by the reaction of r-butyl bromide with sodium methoxide. Reason: Sodium methoxide is a strong nucleophile.

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Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
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Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
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Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
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Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect
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The correct option is A Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion

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Since tButyl bromide is tertiary halide. So nucleophilic substitution bimolecular (SN2) is not possible at crowded centre. Again CH3O is also a strong nucleophile due to small structure and heavy charge density.

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