Chemical Properties of Ethers
Chemical Properties of Ethers: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Chemical Properties of Ethers, Hydrolysis of Epoxide, Hydration of Ether by Dilute Sulphuric Acid, Friedel-Crafts Reactions of Aromatic Ethers, Mechanism of Reactions of Ethers with HI and, Nitration of Aromatic Ethers
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 –

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

Identify A and B


An organic compound A with molecular form on alkaline hydrolysis gives two compound . on acidification with gives . Oxidation of with also gives . Identify and explain all the reactions involved.

The major product formed is :

The major product obtained is

The value of is

How is anisole converted into 2−Methoxy toluene?

Among the following, the products formed by the reaction of anisole with are :


reacts with one mole of , then formed product is

Products are:

What could be the major product for the following reaction?

The major organic product in the following reaction is

How many total alcohols are form by acidic hydrolysis of following ether.

Ethers are kept in brown bottles because

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

The products formed when reacts with are
