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I studied in organic chem that you can cleave ethers by reacting them in acids (HI or HBr).
But I did a Kaplan passage where they say that ether is stable in both base AND acid, so not susceptible to cleavage.
If so, then what am I left with?
But I did a Kaplan passage where they say that ether is stable in both base AND acid, so not susceptible to cleavage.
If so, then what am I left with?