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starting from methyl-magnesium-bromide how would you obtained ethanol, propan-2-ol and 2-methyl, propan-2-ol​

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This is very interesting question. In this question one can easily understand the formation of primary , secondary and tertiary alcohols. Remember, that primary alcohol is obtained by reacting Grignard reagent with formaldehyde, secondary by reacting it with any aldehyde other than formaldehyde and tertiary alcohol by reacting Grignard reagent with ketones.

starting from methyl-magnesium-bromide how would you obtained ethanol, propan-2-ol-example-1
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