Q. Ethyl alcohol can be prepared from Grignard reagent by the reaction of
A) HCHO
B) $R_{2}CO$
C) RCN
D) RCOCI
Explanation
(a)
$(RMgX) + HCHO \rightarrow 1{^\circ}alcohol$
Grignard
reagent
$(RMgX) + RCHO \rightarrow 2{^\circ}alcohol$
$(RMgX) + RCOR \rightarrow 3{^\circ}alcohol$
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