Chemical Properties of Ethers
Chemical Properties of Ethers: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as Chemical Properties of Ethers, Reactions of Ethers with HX, Mechanism of Reactions of Ethers with HI, Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions of Aromatic Ethers, etc.
Important Questions on Chemical Properties of Ethers
What are the products of the following reactions?
(i)
(ii)

HBr reacts with under anhydrous conditions at room temperature to give –

reacts with one mole of , then formed product is

How anisole reacts with bromine in ethanoic acid? Write the chemical equation for the reaction.

Diethyl ether on heating with concentrated gives two moles of:

The products obtained when benzyl phenyl ether is heated with in the mole ratio are
1. Phenol
2. Benzyl alcohol
3. Benzyl iodide
4. Iodobenzene

Anisole reacts with methyl chloride in the presence of anhydrous aluminium chloride to have methyl groups introduced at ortho and _____ position. It is an example of friedel craft's alkylation reaction.

How will you effect following two step conversions dimethyl ether into formic acid?

Benzyl phenyl ether reacts with hydrogen bromide to give

Which of the following compound is obtained as major product on reaction of Ethoxybenzene with nitrating mixture?

Write the mechanism of action of hydrogen bromide on tert-Butyl methyl ether.

Explain the following reaction of anisole.
Friedel Crafts acylation.

Explain the following reaction of anisole.
Nitration.

Explain the following reaction of anisole.
Bromination.

Write the structure of alkyl halide and alcohol by the action of on following ether.
Isopropyl ethyl ether

Write the structure of alkyl halide and alcohol by the action of on following ether.
Cyclopentyl ethyl ether

What are the products of the following reactions?
(i)
(ii)

Predict the major product:

The product formed in the following reaction are:

