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What happens when methyl iodide is treated with sodium methoxide ?

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When methyl iodide reacts with sodium methoxide dimethyl ether results.. This is known as williamson synthesis of ether.
`underset (methyl iodide)(CH_3-I)+underset(sodium methoxide)(NaO-CH_3)rarrunderset(Diethyl ether)(CH_3-O-CH_3) +NaI`
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