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NEET 2006 Chemistry question

ChemistryHaloalkanes and HaloarenesNEET 2006

Ethylene oxide when treated with Grignard reagent yields:-

Answer: (4)

Solution

The Grignard reagent attacks the less hindered, electron-deficient carbon of the strained epoxide ring, opening it: (epoxide) ; hydrolysis then gives

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