In the Williamson ether synthesis, an alkoxide reacts with an alkyl halide to give an
Chapter 9, Problem 9.55(choose chapter or problem)
In the Williamson ether synthesis, an alkoxide reacts with an alkyl halide to give an ether.You are in charge of a research group for a large company, Ethers Unlimited, and you have been assigned the task of synthesizing tert-butyl methyl ether, (CH3)3COCH3. You have decided to delegate this task to two of your staff chemists. One chemist, Ima Smart, allows (CH3)3CO K+ to react with H3CI and indeed obtains a good yield of the desired ether. The other chemist, Dimma Light, allows CH3O Na+ to react with (CH3)3CBr. To his surprise, no ether was obtained, although the alkyl halide could not be recovered from the reaction. Explain why Dimma Lights reaction failed.
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