Instructions: Consider the Reaction Below to Answer the Following Question

question 23

Multiple Choice

Instructions: Consider the reaction below to answer the following question.
-Refer to instructions. Mechanistically, the Williamson ether synthesis outlined above is:

• A) an E1 process
• B) an S_N1 process
• C) an E2 process
• D) an S_N2 process

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