Assertion: t-Butyl methyl ether is not prepared by the reaction of t-butyl bromide with sodium methoxide. Reason: Sodium methoxide is a strong nucleophile.

Question

Assertion: t-Butyl methyl ether is not prepared by the reaction of t-butyl bromide with sodium methoxide. Reason: Sodium methoxide is a strong nucleophile. (A) If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion (B) If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion (C) If assertion is true but reason is false (D) If both assertion and reason are false

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t-butyl methyl ether cannot be prepared by reaction of t-butyl bromide with sodium methoxide because sodium methoxide is a strong base hence t-halide undergo elimination reaction rather instead of nucleophilic substitution reaction

Q. Assertion : $t$ -Butyl methyl ether is not prepared by the reaction of $t$ -butyl bromide with sodium methoxide.
Reason : Sodium methoxide is a strong nucleophile.

If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion

If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion

If assertion is true but reason is false

If both assertion and reason are false

$t$ -butyl methyl ether cannot be prepared by reaction of $t$ -butyl bromide with sodium methoxide because sodium methoxide is a strong base hence $t$ -halide undergo elimination reaction rather instead of nucleophilic substitution reaction

Q. Assertion : t-Butyl methyl ether is not prepared by the reaction of t-butyl bromide with sodium methoxide. Reason : Sodium methoxide is a strong nucleophile.