Chemistry Q99 – NEET-UG 2023 | StemCET

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Home Chemistry Alcohols, Phenols and EthersQuestion #1

Consider the following reaction :

Ph - {CH}_{2} - O - Ph \overset{HI}{\to} Δ A + B

Identify products A and B.

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Ninja Strategy•Resonance Stability of Phenyl-Oxygen Bond

Recognize that the $Ph - O$ bond in ethers is highly stable due to resonance and will not be cleaved by HI, immediately eliminating options that show iodobenzene ( $Ph - I$ ) or other products from cleavage of the $Ph - O$ bond.