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Question: Alkyl halides react with Mg in dry ether to form....

Alkyl halides react with Mg in dry ether to form.

A

Magnesium halide

B

Grignard’s reagent

C

Alkene

D

Alkyne

Answer

Grignard’s reagent

Explanation

Solution

Alkyl halide reacts with Mg in presence of dry ether to give alkyl magnesium halide which is also called as Grignard reagent. This reaction is also called as Grignard’s reaction.

R−X+Mg→dryetherR−Mg−XGrignard’sreagentR - X + Mg\underset{\text{ether}}{\overset{\quad\text{dry}\quad}{\rightarrow}}\underset{\text{Grignard'sreagent}}{R - Mg - X}