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Question

Alkyl halides can be converted into Grignard reagents by.

A

Boiling them with Mg ribbon in alcoholic solution

B

Warming them with magnesium powder in dry ether

C

Refluxing them with $MgCl_{2}$ solution

D

Warming them with $MgCl_{2}$

Answer

Warming them with magnesium powder in dry ether

Explanation

Solution

$RX + Mg\overset{\quad\text{Dry ether}\quad}{\rightarrow}R - Mg - X$