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Practice Problem 11.11
An exception to what is stated above has to do with syntheses of unsymmetrical ethers in which one alkyl group is a tert-butyl group and the other group is primary. For example, this synthesis can be accomplished by adding tm-butyl alcohol to a mixture of the primary alcohol and
Give a likely mechanism for this reaction and explain why it is successful.
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