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Preparation of Alcohols from Carbonyl Compounds

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What will happen when diethyl ether treated with hot and conc. $H I$ ?

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Ethyl alcohol

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Ethyl iodide

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Methyl iodide

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Methanol

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Solution

The correct option is A Ethyl alcohol
$C H_{3} C H_{2} - O - C H_{2} - C H_{3} + c o n c . H I ⟶ C H_{3} - C H_{2} - O H + C H_{3} - C H_{2} - I$
Di ethyl ether react with $c o n c H I$ to form ethanol.

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