Sodium phenoxide reacts with bromoethane in DMF at 50 degC. The major product is

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Sodium phenoxide reacts with bromoethane in DMF at $5 0^{\circ} C$ . The major product is

A $C X_{6} H X_{5} - O - CH X_{2} CH X_{3}$ (ethoxybenzene)
B2-ethylphenol
C4-ethylphenol
D $C X_{6} H X_{5} - OH$ and ethene only

Answer: A

Phenoxide is an ambident nucleophile that can react at oxygen or at the ring carbons ortho/para to oxygen. In a polar aprotic solvent such as DMF, where the oxygen is not hydrogen bonded, the highly charged oxygen is the more nucleophilic site and the kinetic product is the aryl alkyl ether, ethoxybenzene (Williamson synthesis).

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Sodium phenoxide reacts with bromoethane in DMF at 50∘C. The major product is

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