Question

Heating an alcohol with sulfuric acid is a good way to prepare a symmetrical ether such as diethyl ether. explain why it is not a good way to prepare an unsymmetrical ether such as ethyl propyl ether. match the words in the left column to the appropriate blanks in the sentence on the right.

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Answer:
             To synthesize an unsymmetrical ether ( R-O-R' ) by this method two different alcohols ( R-O-H and R'-O-H ) have to be heated with sulfuric acid. Therefore, three different ethers would be obtained as product. Consequently, less than half of the total amount of ether that is synthesized would be the desired ether.