Question: Studies suggest that attack by a Grignard reagent at a carbonyl group is facilitated by involvement of a second molecule of the Grignard reagent that

Studies suggest that attack by a Grignard reagent at a carbonyl group is facilitated by involvement of a second molecule of the Grignard reagent that participates in an overall cyclic ternary complex. The second molecule of Grignard reagent assists as a Lewis acid. Propose a structure for the ternary complex and write all of the products that result from it.

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