Q. Which one of the following compounds will not react with $CH_{3}MgBr$?
A) Ethyl acetate
B) Acetone
C) Dimethyl ether
D) Ethanol
Explanation
(c)
Grignard reagent (RMgX) reacts with only those compounds which contains acidic hydrogen or which contains carbonyl group.
Dimethyl ether $(CH_{3}OCH_{3})$ due to absence of both acidic hydrogen and carbonyl group does not react with Grignard reagent.
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