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Q. Ethyl alcohol can be prepared from Grignard reagent by the reaction of :

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Solution:

$\underset{\text{Grignard reagent}}{{(RMg X)}}+HCHO \longrightarrow 1^{\circ}$ alcohol

$(RMgX)+RCHO \longrightarrow 2^{\circ}$ alcohol

$(RMgX)+R\,CO R \longrightarrow 3^{\circ}$ alcohol

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