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Q. Among the following ethers, which one will produce methyl alcohol on treatement with hot concentrated HI ?

NEETNEET 2013Alcohols Phenols and Ethers

Solution:

C-O bond cleavage of ether depends on mechanism involved in reaction which can be $SN^1$ or $SN^2$. If any one group can form stable carbocation like tertiary butyl group then reaction follow's $SN^1$ mechanism