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How will you bring about the following conversion?
Sodium methoxide to dimethyl ether
Answer
Answer
AIEquation: $\mathrm{CH_{3}ONa} + \mathrm{CH_{3}Br} \longrightarrow \mathrm{CH_{3}OCH_{3}} + \mathrm{NaBr}$
Sodium methoxide to dimethyl ether: Williamson synthesis with methyl bromide.
From ISC 2026 Improvement Chemistry Paper 1, question 15(ii).