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The heating of phenyl methyl ether with Hl produces
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In case of phenyl methyl ether, methyl phenyl oxonium ion 
is
formed by protonation of ether. The 
bond is weaker than 
bond as 
has partial double bond character. Therefore, the attack by 
ion breaks 
bond to form 
Step I:
Step II:
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