Question

When alkyl halide is heated with dry $Ag _{2} O$, it produces

• A. ester
• B. ether
• C. ketone
• D. alcohol

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

ether

Answer 2

Alkyl halide on reaction with dry silver oxide give ether. $\underset{\text {alkyl halide }}{2 R X}+A g_{2} O \rightarrow \underset{\text { ether }}{R - O - R}+2 A g X$