Question

Write the chemical equation of the following reaction:

Sodium t-butoxide is treated with CH₃Cl.

Answer 1

\[\begin{array}{cc}
\ce{CH3\phantom{...................................................}CH3\phantom{.................}}\\
|\phantom{..........................................................}|\phantom{....................}\\
\ce{CH3 -C _ - O - Na+ + CH3 - Cl ->CH3 - C - O - CH3 + NaCl}\\
|\phantom{..........................................................}|\phantom{....................}\\
\ce{\underset{Sodium tertbutoxide}{CH3}\phantom{...................................}\underset{Methyltert-butylether}{CH3}\phantom{.................}}\\
\end{array}\]