Hydrocarbons Question 410

Question: When isobutyl magnesium bromide in dry ether is treated with absolute ethyl alcohol, the products formed are [IIT-JEE 1995]

Options:

A) $ \underset{CH_3}{\mathop{\underset{|}{\mathop{CH_3-CH-CH_2OH}}}} $ and $ CH_3CH_2MgBr $

B) $ \underset{CH_3}{\mathop{\underset{|}{\mathop{CH_3-CH-CH_2-CH_2-CH_3}}}} $ and $ Mg(OH)Br $

C) $ \underset{CH_3}{\mathop{\underset{|}{\mathop{CH_3-CH-CH_3}}}} $ and $ CH_3-CH_2OMgBr $

D) $ \underset{CH_3}{\mathop{\underset{|}{\mathop{CH_3-CH-CH_3}}}},CH_2=CH_2 $ and $ Mg(OH)Br $

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Answer:

Correct Answer: C

Solution:

$ CH_3-\underset{\underset{CH_3}{\mathop{|}}}{\mathop{CH}}-CH_2-\xrightarrow{{}} $

$ \underset{Isobutane}{\mathop{CH_3-\underset{CH_3}{\mathop{\underset{|}{\mathop{CH}}}}-CH_3}}+\underset{\begin{smallmatrix} Ethoxymagnesium \\ bromide \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{C_2H_5OMgBr}} $