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Q. When phenyl magnesium bromide reacted with ethyl alcohol, product is

Haryana PMTHaryana PMT 2009Alcohols Phenols and Ethers

Solution:

Alkyl/Aryl group of Grignard reagent has a tendency to give alkane/arene by accepting an acidic hydrogen.
$\underset{\text { Grignard reagent }}{ C _{6} H _{5} MgBr }+\underset{\text { acidic hydrogen }}{ C _{2} H _{5} OH } \rightarrow \underset{\text { benzene }}{ C _{6} H _{6}}$

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