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When 2ethyl3methyl1pentene is treated with CH3OH in H2SO4 How many different methoxy ether would be formed in significant amount

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  • When, ​2ethyl3methyl1pentene is treated with CH3OH in H2SO4 2ethyl2,3dimethyl-methoxy butane is formed.
  • The carbon near the oxy group and the carbon near this carbon are chiral in nature because all the 4 substituents around it are different.
  • So the number of chiral centres, n=2
  • Hence, the number of possible stereoisomers is: 2n=22=4


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