Chemistry · History of Chemistry
Which chemist established a widely used synthesis of asymmetrical ethers (the Williamson ether synthesis) by reacting alcohols with alkyl iodides in the presence of a base around 1850?
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- 1Leopold Gmelin
- 2Carl Wilhelm Scheele
- 3Jabir Ibn Hayyan
- 4Alexander William Williamson✓
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Alexander William Williamson
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