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Q. The cleavage of an aryl-alkyl ether with cold $ HI $ gives :

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Solution:

Structure of acetonitrile is
$\underset{\text{Aryl -alkyl ether}}{\ce{C6H5O}} - R$ $\ce{->[\text{cold HI}]}$ $\underset{\text{Phenol}}{\ce{C6H5OH}} + \underset{\text{Alkyl iodide}}{\ce{RI}}$