Is it possible to do a william ether synthesis w/o an alcohol?

[JMC117]

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[Sublimation]

nope must be an alcohol. the NaH is used to form the alkoxide, which will eventually give u the ether.

 

[JMC117]

nope must be an alcohol. the NaH is used to form the alkoxide, which will eventually give u the ether.

So what do you do here:

Which best prepares a t-butyl ether?

H3C-CH3-C-CH3-O-Na+ + CH3Br ---->

That's the answer and it says to do a william ether synthesis, but how it is possible if CH3Br isn't an alcohol?

 

[Sublimation]

So what do you do here:

Which best prepares a t-butyl ether?

H3C-CH3-C-CH3-O-Na+ + CH3Br ---->

That's the answer and it says to do a william ether synthesis, but how it is possible if CH3Br isn't an alcohol?

Im gonna draw the mechanism for u in a cpl of minutes.

 

[Sublimation]

this is the mech

 

[Sublimation]

hopes this helps.

 

[JMC117]

this is the mech

ohhhh i think i got confused because i didn't think about the earlier step. thanks a lot for drawing that out. i really appreciate your help 🙂

 

[Sublimation]

np gluck.