Chemistry · Aldehyde and Ketones: Nature of carbonyl group, nucleophilic addition to >C=O group, relative reactivities of aldehydes and ketones

Propanone on reaction with alkyl magnesium bromide followed by hydrolysis will p

Propanone on reaction with alkyl magnesium bromide followed by hydrolysis will produce?

  • A. Primary alcohol
  • B. Secondary alcohol
  • C. Tertiary alcohol
  • D. Carboxylic acid

Step-by-step solution

Propanone (acetone) is a ketone. Grignard reagents (alkyl magnesium bromide) add to the carbonyl carbon, and after hydrolysis, the product is a tertiary alcohol because the carbonyl carbon becomes bonded to two methyl groups (from propanone) and the alkyl group from the Grignard reagent.
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