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  4. An ether on hydrolysis with dil H 2 SO 4 gives two products which are successive members of a homologous series. The ethers may be:

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Q. An ether on hydrolysis with dil $H _{2} SO _{4}$ gives two products which are successive members of a homologous series. The ethers may be:

Alcohols Phenols and Ethers

Solution:

The hydrolysis gives alcohols which are successive members of a homologous series, hence the alkyl radicals in these two alcohols must differ by one $- CH _{2}$ - group i.e, $CH _{3}-$ and $CH _{3} CH _{2}-$