This is an organic chemistry question. What would be produced if an
ether were reacted with an alcohol?

1. a ketone
2. an aldehyde
3. a diol
4. no reaction will occur

Hello turnpurn-ga

Thank-you for your question.

Ethers are excellent solvents because they have low reactivity.  As
they are of very low activity no reaction with an alcohol will occur
under normal conditions.

"Ethers are of very low chemical reactivity. They are hydrolyzed only
under drastic conditions like heating with boron tribromide or boiling
in hydrobromic acid. Lower mineral acids containing a halogen, such as
hydrochloric acid will cleave ethers, but very slowly. Hydrobromic
acid and hydroiodic acid are the only two that do so at an appreciable
rate."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ether#Chemical_reactions

Synthesis of Diols:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diol

Synthesis of Aldehydes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldehyde#Preparation

Synthesis of Ketones:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketone#Synthesis

You can see from the above methods of syntheses, none of the common
methods involve the use of ether as a reactant.

If you require any further assistance on this subject please ask for clarification.

Awesome answer!!  Thanks so much!!

I remember from school (and not necessarily correctly)
    ether + alcohol <===> acid + water
it's an equilibrium reaction.

Maybe my memory isn't completely gone.
http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/feb2000/949953665.Ch.r.html

I believe that's ester + water = acid + alcohol.