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Q. Ethyl acetate is obtained when methyl magnesium bromide reacts with

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Ethyl acetate is obtained when methyl magnesium bromide reacts with ethyl chloroformate.
$ CH_3MgBr + Cl - \overset{\underset{||}{O}}{C} - O - C_2H_5 $
$\to \left[Cl-\underset{\overset{|}{C}H_3}{\overset{\underset{|}{O}MgBr}{C}}-O-C_2H_5\right]$
$\rightarrow \underset{\text{Ethyl acetate}}{CH_3- \overset{\underset{||}{O}}{C}-O-C_2H_5} + MgBrCl$