convert acetaldehyde to 2- butanol
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Answer : The complete reaction conversion is shown below.
Explanation :
The steps used for conversion of acetaldehyde to 2-butanol are:
Step 1 : Reaction of acetaldehyde with Grignard reagent.
In Grignard reagent, the alkyl group behaves as a nucleophile and gets added to electrophilic carbon of aldehyde to give an addition product.
Step 2 : Hydrolysis of addition product.
The hydrolysis of this addition product results in the formation of alcohol.
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