An organic compound X when dissolved in ether and treated with magnesium metal forms a compound Y on name of Y treatment with acetaldehyde and the product on acid hydrolysis gives isopropyl alcohol. Identify X. What is genral
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Answer:
X: methylhalide
Explanation:
The reactions for same are attached
Alkyl halide on reaction with magnesium in presence of ether gives grignard reagent, one of the most important reagents in organic chemistry
Grignard reagent on reaction with aldehyde gives 2° alcohol
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Answer:
Alcohols are produced by adding Grignard reagents to aldehydes and ketones in an ether solvent, followed by protonolysis. Another example of carbonyl addition is the reaction of Grignard reagents with aldehydes and ketones. The magnesium of the Grignard reagent, a Lewis acid, binds to the carbonyl oxygen in this reaction.
Explanation:
An organic compound X when dissolved in ether and treated with magnesium metal forms a compound Y.
The compound should be methyl bromide which upon treatment with magnesium in dry ether gives a Grignard reagent i.e., methyl magnesium bromide.
CH₃Br + Mg (in dry ether) → CH₃MgBr
The methyl magnesium bromide upon treatment with acetaldehyde followed by the acid hydrolysis results in the formation of isopropyl alcohol.
CH₃CHO + CH₃MgBr → CH₃CH(OH)CH₃
Thus, the name of compound X is methyl bromide.
Hence, the organic compound X is CH₃Br.
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