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Organic Chemistry Questions and Answers – Grignard Reagent | Organic Chemistry Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

(1) Alkyl halides can be converted into Grignard reagents by _______________
[A] Boiling them with Mg ribbon in alcoholic solution
[B] Warming them with magnesium powder in dry ether
[C] Refluxing them with MgCl2 solution
[D] Warming them with Mgcl2
Answer: Warming them with magnesium powder in dry ether
(2) Which is not present in Grignard reagent?
[A] Methyl group
[B] Magnesium
[C] Halogen
[D] −COOH group
Answer: −COOH group

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(3) Which of the following compounds does not give a tertiary alcohol upon reaction with methylmagnesium bromide?
[A] 3-methylpentanal
[B] Ethyl benzoate
[C] 4,4-dimethylcyclohexanone
[D] 4-heptanone
Answer: 4-heptanone
(4) Which of the following statements about Grignard reagent is false?
[A] Grignard reagents (RMgBr) add to the carbonyl group of aldehydes and ketones
[B] An organosodium compound is not very reactive compared to a Grignard reagent
[C] Grignard reagents are prepared in ether or tetrahydrofuran (THF)
[D] Grignard reagents are decomposed by water and alcohol
Answer: An organosodium compound is not very reactive compared to a Grignard reagent
(5) Which of the following compounds gives a secondary alcohol upon reaction with methylmagnesium bromide?
[A] Butyl formate
[B] 3- pentanone
[C] Pentanal
[D] Methyl butanoate
Answer: Pentanal
(6) A Grignard’s reagent may be made by reacting magnesium with which of the following compound?
[A] Methyl amine
[B] Diethyl ether
[C] Ethyl iodide
[D] Ethyl alcohol
Answer: Ethyl iodide
(7) Which of the following compounds gives a primary alcohol upon reaction with phenylmagnesium bromide?
[A] 2-methyloxirane
[B] ethylene oxide
[C] ethyl formate
[D] carbon dioxide
Answer: ethylene oxide
(8) Which of the following reagents, when treated with phenylmagnesiuim bromide followed by acid workup, will yield 2-phenylethanol?
[A] Ethanol
[B] Diethyl ether
[C] Ethanal
[D] Oxirane
Answer: Oxirane
(9) Which of the following compounds would not give tert-butyl alcohol when treated with excess methylmagnesium bromide?
[A] acetyl chloride
[B] acetaldehyde
[C] methyl acetate
[D] acetic anhydride
Answer: acetaldehyde
(10) Which of the following reaction sequence that will best carry out the following preparation?

[A] a) i I + MeONa + CH3H2Br ii) neutralize
[B] b) i) I + EtONa ii) CH3CH2Br iii) neutralize
[C] c) i) CH3CH2Br + Mg, Et2O ii) Add I iii) neutralize
[D] d) i) I + CH3CH2OH + Mg ii) neutralize
Answer: c) i) CH3CH2Br + Mg, Et2O ii) Add I iii) neutralize

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