Diethyl ether on heating with conc. HI gives two moles of:

Options

A. ethonol
B. iodoform
C. ethyl iodide
D. methyl iodide

Explanation

In the presence of excess HI, diethyl ether reacts to form a mixture of ethyl alcohol and ethyl iodide first. Further, ethanol reacts with HI again to form ethyl iodide.
`underset("diethyl ether")(C_(2)H_(5)-O-C_(2)H_(5))+2HI("conc.")rarrunderset("ethyliodide")(2C_(2)H_(5)I)+H_(2)O`