An ether (A), C5H12O, when heated with excess of hot HI prodce two alkyl halides which on hydrolysis form compound (B) and (C), oxidation of (B) gave and acid (D), whereas oxidation of (C) gave a ketone (E). Deduce the structural formula of (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E)
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It is obvious from the given information that B must be a primary alcohol while C must be secondary alcohol. From there, it is quite easy to back calculate and derive the structure of the ether A in the following way.
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