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Shivangi Mangotra
Jan 6, 2018

Grignard reagents are reactive in nature and in the presence of moisture they react to give alkanes.

Explanation:

Dry Ether has a tendency to absorb some amount of moisture from the atmosphere.

So, in order to prevent the conversion of grignard reagent into an alkane we use dry ether in the rection.

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