Question

When sodium phenoxide is heated with ethyl iodide, the product formed is

• A. phenetole
• B. ethyl phenyl alcohol
• C. phenol
• D. none of these

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

Phenetole is formed when sodium phenoxide is heated with ethyl iodide.
$C_6{H}_{5}ONa+C_2{H}_{5}I\stackrel{\Delta }{\to }\underset{\text{Phenetole}}{C_6{H}_{5}O{C}_2{H}_5}$