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Phenyl methyl ether reacts with HI to give phenol and methyl iodide and not iodobenzene and methyl alcohol. Why?

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It is probably due to the fact that phenyl pxygen bond has a partial double bond character due to resonance. Therefore, cleavage is difficult as compared to alkyl oxygen bond.
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