Doubt by Manish Kumar

Q ( from grb book ) R-X when react with suspension of moist Ag2O with Ether give A.

A is ?????? :

1.alkanol.               3. alkene 

2.alkoxy alkane    4. Alkanal

My doubt related to answer of book that is 2 but how????

Answers

Answer by nitesh chaudhary

Ag2O catalyses the removal of halide ion as AgX. The RO- then acts as a strong enough nucleophile to affect the SN2 mechanism, and thus ether is formed