quiz 6 Flashcards
Choose the incorrect statements about the Grignard reagent?
An organosodium compound is not very reactive as compared to a Grignard reagent.
Alkyl halides can be converted into Grignard reagents by ___.
Warming them with magnesium powder in dry ether
Which of the following compounds does not react with methylmagnesium bromide to produce tertiary alcohol?
4-heptanone
____ compound will give secondary alcohol on reacting with methylmagnesium bromide?
Pentanal
By reacting magnesium with which compound, can Grignard’s reagent be made?
Ethyl iodide
Which group is not present in Grignard reagent?
−COOH group
Which of the following reagents, when treated with phenylmagnesiuim bromide followed by acid workup, will yield 2-phenylethanol?
Oxirane
Which of the following compounds would not give tert-butyl alcohol when treated with excess methylmagnesium bromide?
acetaldehyde
Grignard reagent behaves as a strong base.
True
The Grignard reagent is also called as Organolithium halide.
False