The common practice of washing laboratory glassware with acetone can lead to unintended consequences. For example, a

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The common practice of washing laboratory glassware with acetone can lead to unintended consequences. For example, a student plans to carry out the preparation of methylmagnesium iodide, CH3MgI, which he will add to benzaldehyde, C6H5CHO. What compound is he intending to synthesize after aqueous work-up? Using his freshly washed glassware, he carries out the procedure arid finds that he has produced an unexpected tertiary alcohol as a product. What substance did he make? How did it form?
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Organic Chemistry structure and function

ISBN: 978-1429204941

6th edition

Authors: K. Peter C. Vollhardt, Neil E. Schore

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