Question

What is the product if phenol reacts with c2h5i in the presence of anhydrous c2h5oh?

Answer 1

Answer:

methyl benzene n water

Answer 2

The product formed on treatment of phenol with ethyl iodide in the presence of anhydrous ethanol is phenyl ethyl ether.

• The lone pair on oxygen of phenol acts as a nucleophile.
• The oxygen of phenol attack the carbon on ethyl iodide and iodide ion being a good leaving group is substituted.
• It is an example of second order substitution reaction (SN2).