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Anisole is the product obtained from phenol by the reaction known as
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etherification
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, Phenyl methyl ether. It can be prepared by treating phenol first with a base like $\mathrm{NaOH}$ to form phenoxide ion. The phenoxide ion will then substitute the halide of an $\mathrm{R}-\mathrm{X}$ molecule, to form methyl phenyl ether,
$\mathrm{C}_{6} \mathrm{H}_{5} \mathrm{ONa}+\mathrm{CH}_{3}-\mathrm{Cl} \rightarrow \mathrm{CH}_{3}-\mathrm{O}-\mathrm{C}_{6} \mathrm{H}_{5}$
$\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad$ Anisole
, Phenyl methyl ether. It can be prepared by treating phenol first with a base like $\mathrm{NaOH}$ to form phenoxide ion. The phenoxide ion will then substitute the halide of an $\mathrm{R}-\mathrm{X}$ molecule, to form methyl phenyl ether,
$\mathrm{C}_{6} \mathrm{H}_{5} \mathrm{ONa}+\mathrm{CH}_{3}-\mathrm{Cl} \rightarrow \mathrm{CH}_{3}-\mathrm{O}-\mathrm{C}_{6} \mathrm{H}_{5}$
$\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad$ Anisole
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