Question

Assertion: Methoxyethane reacts with HI at 373 K to give ethanol and iodomethane.

Reason: Reaction of unsymmetrical ether with HI follows S_N2 mechanism.

Options

• Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion.

• Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion.

• Assertion is true and Reason is false.

• Both Assertion and Reason are false.

Answer 1

Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion.