Interaction | Reaction | Process     Data Page

Bromide ions have a tendency to cleave ethers.
[R2OH]+
  +  
Br–
         
RBr
  +  
R–OH
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Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Functional Group Interconvertion
Substitution: Nucleophilic Second Order

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