Show the combination of alcohol and haloalkane that can best be used to prepare   ether by the Williamson ether synthesis.

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Show the combination of alcohol and haloalkane that can best be used to prepare   ether by the Williamson ether synthesis.

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Williamson ether synthesis takes place between an alkyl halide and the alkoxide ion. In general, it can be represented as:

RO- + R'X ROR' + X-

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