A student proposes the following two-step synthesis of an ether from an alcohol
A and another organic reagent
R :
Is the student's proposed synthesis possible and likely to give good yield?
? yes
? no
If you said the proposed synthesis would work, draw the structures of
A and
R in the drawing area below.
If there's more than one pair of
A and
R that give equally good results, you can draw any pair.
It's OK if
R is an ionic species, you can assume any necessary counterion is present.