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Q. tert-butyl methyl ether on heating with anhydrous $HI$ in ether gives

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Solution:

Here, ether is the solvent. Being less polar, it favours $ {{S}_{N}}2 $ reaction and the nucleophile F attacks the $ 1{}^\circ $ carbon of $ C{{H}_{3}} $ .

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