(a) Write as many chemically reasonable syntheses as you can think of for ethyl 2-methylpropyl ether (ethyl...

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(a) Write as many chemically reasonable syntheses as you can think of for ethyl 2-methylpropyl ether (ethyl isobutyl ether). Be sure that at some point in one or more of your syntheses you utilize the following reagents : 

(b) PBr3, SOCl2, p-toluenesulfonyl chloride (tosyl chloride), NaH, ethanol, 2-methyl-1-propanol (isobutyl alcohol), concentrated H2SO4, Hg(OAc)2, ethene (ethylene).

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Organic Chemistry

ISBN: 978-1118875766

12th Edition

Authors: T. W. Graham Solomons, Craig B. Fryhle, Scott A. Snyder

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