Methoxybenzene on treatment with HI produces phenol and methyl iodide. This is due the more stable aryl oxygen bond Here, methyl phenyl oxonium ion is formed by the. protonation of ether. The bond between $O - CH _{3}$ is weaker than the bond between $O - C _{6} H _{5}$ because the carbon of phenyl group is $s p^{2}$-hybridised and there is a partial double bond character. Thus, the reaction yields phenol and alkyl halide.
Alcohol is formed when a saturated carbon atom bonds to a hydroxyl (-OH) group. It is an organic compound that contains a hydroxyl functional group attached to a carbon atom.
Phenol is formed when the -OH group replaces the hydrogen atom in benzene. It is an organic compound in which a hydroxyl group directly attaches to an aromatic hydrocarbon.
Ether is formed when oxygen atom bonds to two alkyl or aryl groups. It is an organic compound that has an oxygen atom that is connected to two aryl and alkyl groups.
