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How will you carry out the following conversion?
Bromoethane to methoxyethane
Convert the following:
Bromomethane into methoxyethane.
Short Answer
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Solution
To convert bromoethane to methoxyethane, treat bromoethane with sodium methoxide in dry ethanol.
This results in the substitution of the bromine atom by a methoxy group (–OCH3), forming methoxyethane.
\[\ce{\underset{Bromoethane}{CH3CH2Br} + \underset{methoxide}{\underset{Sodium}{CH3ONa}} ->\underset{Methoxyethane}{CH3OCH2CH3} + NaBr}\]
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