Q. 1-phenyl ethanol can be prepared by the reaction of $ {{C}_{6}}{{H}_{5}}CHO $ with :
BVP MedicalBVP Medical 2002
Solution:
$ \underset{\begin{smallmatrix} Methyl\,magnesium\,iodide \\ (Grignard\,reagent) \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{C{{H}_{3}}I+Mg\xrightarrow[ether]{Dry}C{{H}_{3}}MgI}}\, $


