Q. When benzene sulphonic acid and p-nitrophenol are treated with , the gases released respectively, are

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Solution:

The reactivity of carbonyl compound towards nucleophilic addition of Grignard's reagent depends on extent of steric hindrance at -carbon. Greater the steric hindrance smaller the reactivity. Hence, reactivity order is