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Explain why cleavage of phenyl alkyl ether with HBr always gives phenol and alkyl bromide.

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It is because of double bond character between `C-O` bond which is difficult to break Secondly, phenoxide ion is stabilised by resonance, that is why we get phenol and `CH_(3)Br`.
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