Complete the mechanism for the cleavage of the ether by adding any missing atoms, bonds, charges, nonbonding electrons, and curv
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This reaction is known as Acidic Cleavage of Ether. Ether when treated with strong acid like HI, the oxygen atom of ether picks the proton making a positive charge on oxygen. The Iodide conjugate base formed acts as a nucleophile and attacks on the carbon next to positive oxygen and forms Alkyl Halide. This is a type of SN² reaction. The complete reaction with missing atoms, charges and arrows is shown below,
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