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Assertion: t-Butyl methyl ether is not prepared by the reaction of t-butyl bromide with sodium methoxide. Reason: Sodium methoxide is a strong nucleophile.

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If both ASSERTION and REASON are true, and reason is the true explanation of the assertion.
If both assertion and reason are true, but reason is not the true explanation o the assertion.
if assertion is true, but reason is false.
If both assertion and reason are false.

Solution :Correct explanation. In presence of a STRONG base, i.e., sodium methoxide, tert-butyl bromide undergoes dehydrohalogenation to FORM isobutylene.


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