Question

When ethyl iodide is heated with dry silver oxide ,it forms (a)ethyl alcohol (b) diethyl ether (c) silver ethoxide (d)ethyl methyl ether

Answer 1

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When the ethyl iodide reacts with silver iodide it forms diethyl ether as iodine is being abstracted by silver and the transfer of the oxygen atom is to the ethyl group. The reaction is as follows:

$2C{H}_{3}C{H}_{2}I+A{g}_{2}O\stackrel{∆}{\to }C{H}_{3}C{H}_{2}OC{H}_{2}C{H}_3+2AgI$

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