Chemical Reactions of Ethers
Chemical Reactions of Ethers: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Chemical Properties of Ethers, Reactions of Ethers with HX, Hydrolysis of Epoxide & Mechanism of Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions of Aromatic Ethers etc.
Important Questions on Chemical Reactions 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

Consider the pairs of ethers A through F as shown below. To the right of each pairs is a description of reaction conditions to be applied to each. One compound of the pair will react more rapidly than the other. Find out the number of reactions in which the first ether more rapidly cleaved than the second ether.
Ether pairs | Conditions | |
A. | ![]() |
Treated with in |
B. | ![]() |
Treated with in |
C. | ![]() |
Treated with in |
D. | ![]() |
Treated with aqueous |
E. | ![]() |
Treated with aqueous |
F. | ![]() |
Treated with |

Ethers are kept in brown bottles because

The products formed when reacts with are

The reaction of 'tert-butyl methyl ether' with one equivalent of gives

The total number of (Nucleophilic substitution bimolecular) reactions involved in the following reaction sequence is _____

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

Among the following ethers, which one will produce methyl alcohol on treatment with hot concentrated ?

Product is :-

For next two question please follow the same
On the bases of following information answer the given two questions.
P will be

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?

Consider the reaction given below
Select the correct possible product of above reaction .

For complete reaction with one mole of the above compound, how many moles of are required?

Identify the appropriate order of reactivity of hydrogen halides(HX).


What is the structure of product formed in the following reaction?
