(a) Name the reagents and write the chemical equations for the preparation of the following compounds by Williamson's synthesis :
(i) Ethoxybenzene
(ii) 2-Methyl-2-methoxpyropane
(b)Why do phenols not give the protonation reaction readily?

Explanation

(i)
(ii) `{:(" "CH_(3)" "CH_(3)),(" "|" "|),(CH_(3)-C-ONa+CH_(3)Broverset("heat")toCH_(3)-C-OCH_(3)+NaBr),(" "| " ""Bromoethne"" "|),(" "CH_(3)" "CH_(3)),("Sodium2-methyl-2-proxide" " ""2-methyl-2-methoxypropane"):}`
(b) In phenols the longe pairs of electrons on the oxygen atom are delocalised over the benzene ring due to resonace and hence are not easily available for protonation.