Question

What happens when sodium phenoxide reacts with methyl chloride?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Explanation:

Chemical formula of sodium phenoxide is $C_{6}H_{5}ONa$ which is an alkoxide and chemical formula of methyl chloride is $CH_{3}Cl$ which is a halide.

So, when an organohalide chemically reacts with a deprotonated alcohol then it results in the formation of an ether and this process is known as Williamson ether synthesis.

The reaction will be as follows.

        $C_{6}H_{5}ONa + CH_{3}Cl \overset{-NaCl}{\rightarrow} C_{6}H_{5}OCH_{3}$

It is a nucleophilic substitution reaction.