Chemistry · Alkyl Halides and Amines
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Compound X reacts with Grignard's reagent to produce tertiary alcohols. What is the compound?
- A
Aldehyde
- B
Ketone
- C
Acid halide
- D
Carboxylic acid
Grignard's reagent (RMgX) reacts with ketones to produce tertiary alcohols. The reaction involves the nucleophilic addition of the Grignard reagent to the carbonyl group of the ketone, followed by hydrolysis to form a tertiary alcohol.
The reaction is:
R2C=O (ketone) + RMgX (Grignard reagent) → R2C(OH)R' (tertiary alcohol)
Grignard's reagent reacts with aldehydes to produce secondary alcohols, not tertiary alcohols.
Grignard's reagent (RMgX) reacts with ketones to produce tertiary alcohols. The reaction involves the nucleophilic addition of the Grignard reagent to the carbonyl group of the ketone, followed by hydrolysis to form a tertiary alcohol.
The reaction is:
R2C=O (ketone) + RMgX (Grignard reagent) → R2C(OH)R' (tertiary alcohol)
Grignard's reagent reacts with acid halides to produce tertiary alcohols, but the product is not specific to acid halides.
Grignard's reagent does not react with carboxylic acids to produce tertiary alcohols.
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