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Q. Heating methyl phenyl ether with HI gives

Alcohols Phenols and Ethers

Solution:

Iodide ion attacks the smaller $CH _{3}$ group to give $CH _{3} I$ and $C _{6} H _{3} OH$ that is,
$C _{6} H _{5} OCH _{3} \xrightarrow{HI}C _{6} H _{5} OH + CH _{3} I$