How do Grignard reagents react with alcohols?
1 Answer
Jun 27, 2016
Directly:
Explanation:
Alcohol and Grignard gives magensium alkoxide and the alkane of whatever alkyl halide was used to make the Grignard.
This reaction is not so pointless as it may seem. Suppose, for another experiment, I wanted to label an alkane (say methane) with a deuterium (