ORGANIC CHEMISTRY Chapter ll o Heating dialkyl ethers with very strong acids(hl, hBr and h,sO4) cause tem to undergo reactions in which the carbon-oxygen bond breaks chr CHOCHo CH2+ hBr-chr2 ch Br Chrchooh HBr CHr CH,Br H,O CH3-O-CH3 + HI-CH3oH Ch3I HI CHal (CH3)3C-0-CH3 +HI(CH3)3CI CH3OH 少-0CH+H OH+ CH3I Department of Chemistry, Xiamen UniversityORGANIC CHEMISTRY Department of Chemistry, Xiamen University Chapter 11 Heating dialkyl ethers with very strong acids (HI, HBr, and H2SO4) cause tem to undergo reactions in which the carbon-oxygen bond breaks. CH CH3CH2Br 3CH2OCH2CH3 + HBr + H2O + CH3CH2OH HBr CH3CH2Br CH3 O CH3 + HI CH3OH + CH3I CH3I (CH3)3C O CH3 + HI (CH3)3CI + CH3OH OCH3 + HI OH + CH3I HI