Question

Name the reagent that is prepared by using a hao alkane with magnesium metal in presence of dry ether.In an expeeriment this reagent was prepared by using bromoethane and then reacted with ehhanol

Answer 1

The product is ethyl magnesium bromide… The reaction demands reasonably dry ether and ethyl bromide, and a little finesse and nous. The product, a so-called Grignard reagent, is used directly on a carbonyl compound to give (for once) carbon-carbon bond formation, or dropped onto dry ice to give the salt of propanoic acid…