“Diethyl ether and other simple symmetrical ethers are prepared industrially by the sulfuric acid–catalyzed reaction of alcohols.”
“The most generally useful method of preparing ethers is by the Williamson ether synthesis, in which an alkoxide ion reacts with a primary alkyl halide or tosylate in an S N 2 reaction.”
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