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Explain Williamson’ssynthesis.

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The formation of ethers by the reactions of alkyl halide (primary) with sodium alkoxides is known as Williamson.s synthesis.
This reaction is given below
`underset("Ethyl Bromide")(CH_3CH_2^(+)Br^(-))+underset("Sodiumethoxide")(Na^(+)O^(-)CH_2CH_3)rarrunderset("Diethyl ether")(CH_3-CH_2-O)-CH_2-CH_3+NaBr`
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