How is diethyl ether prepared from ethyl bromide and ethyl alcohol?

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How is diethyl ether prepared from ethyl bromide and ethyl alcohol?

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Answer 1 · 2017-04-22T13:12:02

$Diethyl ether$ $"Diethyl ether"$ from $ethyl bromide..........$ $"ethyl bromide.........."$ ?

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Well, how about $ethyl alcohol$ $"ethyl alcohol"$ and $ethyl bromide$ $"ethyl bromide"$ , and some quantity of non-nucleophilic base...............

$H_{3} {CCH}_{2} Br + {HOCH}_{2} {CH}_{3} base - - \to H_{3} {CCH}_{2} {OCH}_{2} {CH}_{3} + base \cdot HBr$ $"H"_3"CCH"_2"Br" + "HOCH"_2"CH"_3 stackrel("base")rarr "H"_3"CCH"_2"OCH"_2"CH"_3+"base"*"HBr"$

Of course you have to find a useful base.

Undoubtedly there would be some efficient industrial preparation. This would be conducted under rather strict conditions given the volatility and flammability of the product.

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