Organic Chemistry
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Author: John E. McMurry
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 18.2, Problem 5P
How would you prepare the following ethers? Use whichever method you think is more appropriate, Williamson synthesis or the alkoxymercuration reaction.
(a) Butyl cyclohexyl ether
(b) Benzyl ethyl ether (C6H5CH2OCH2CH3)
(c) sec-Butyl tert-butyl ether
(d) Tetrahydrofuran
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