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Aldehydes, Ketones And Carboxylic Acids

Question
CBSEENCH12008554

How will you prepare propanoic acid from Grignard reagent?

Solution
stack C H subscript 3 C H subscript 2 M g B r with E t h y l m a g n e s i u m space b r o m i d e below plus space C O subscript 2 space rightwards arrow space space C H subscript 3 C H subscript 2 C O subscript 2 M g B r space

space C H subscript 3 C H subscript 2 C O subscript 2 M g B r space space rightwards arrow with H C l on top stack space C H subscript 3 C H subscript 2 C O O H with P r o p a n o i c space a c i d below space plus space M g left parenthesis B r right parenthesis C l