JEE Main 2013 — Alcohols Phenols and Ethers Question with Solution
JEE Main 2013 (09 Apr Online)
Question
An ether (A), , when heated with excess of hot concentrated produced two alkyl halides which when treated with yielded compounds (B) and (C). Oxidation of (B) and (C) gave a propanone and an ethanoic acid respectively. The IUPAC name of the ether (A) is :
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Aethoxypropane
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hence the IUPAC name of compound is

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