Question

Name the product obtained when sodium alkoxide is heated with halo alkane.​

Answer 1

Answer:

We recall that an alkoxide reacts with a primary alkyl halide in an SN2 reaction that is called the Williamson ether synthesis (Section 17.6). We can classify this reaction as “alkylation of oxygen.” A similar alkylation reaction can occur with a carboxylate as the nucleophile. The product is an ester.