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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Chemistry

Chapter

Organic: Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids

Question:

What is formed after the hydrolysis of the product of the reaction between benzonitrile and methyl magnesium bromide in dry ether?

Options:

Phenyl acetaldehyde

Acetophenone

1-Phenylpropanone

Benzaldehyde

Correct Answer:

Acetophenone

Explanation:

When a nitrile is treated with a Grignard reagent in the presence of dry ether, an addition product is formed which on hydrolysis gives a ketone.