7.4.1.3 - From Grignard reagents
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What is a Grignard reagent?
💡 Hint: Think about compounds containing magnesium and carbon.
What type of alcohol forms from methanal reacting with a Grignard reagent?
💡 Hint: Consider the structure of methanal.
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What does a Grignard reagent react with to form alcohols?
💡 Hint: Focus on the main reaction that produces alcohols.
True or False: Grignard reagents are formed using alcohols.
💡 Hint: Think about how Grignard reagents are generated.
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Devise a pathway using Grignard reagents to synthesize a specified alcohol from a given alkyl halide. Justify the type of alcohol produced.
💡 Hint: Use structures to clarify the relationship between reagents and products.
Consider a scenario where a Grignard reagent reacts with an unsymmetrical ketone. What kind of alcohol will form, and what would be the implications for the stereochemistry involved?
💡 Hint: Focus on the substitution pattern and potential chiral centers created.
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