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Heating an alcohol with H2SO4 is a good way to prepare a symmetrical ether such as diethyl...

Heating an alcohol with H2SO4 is a good way to prepare a symmetrical ether such as diethyl ether.

a. Explain why it is not a good way to prepare an unsymmetrical ether such as ethyl propyl ether.


b. How would you synthesize ethyl propyl ether?

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