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Question
Explain the following with an example.
Unsymmetrical ether
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Solution
If the alkyl or aryl groups attached to the oxygen atom are different, then the ether is called an unsymmetrical ether. For example – ethyl methyl ether, methyl phenyl ether, etc.
\[\ce{\underset{ethyl methyl ether}{C2H5 - O - CH3}}\]
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