Which one of these is formed when sodium phenoxide is heated with ethyl iodide?

P-ethyl phenol

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Ethyl phenyl alcohol

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Pheno

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Phenetole

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Solution

The correct option is D
Phenetole

The reaction can be represented as follows:

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