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ChemistryHaloalkanes and HaloarenesJEE Main

A bromoalkane 'X' reacts with magnesium in dry ether to form compound 'Y'. The reaction of 'Y' with methanal, followed by hydrolysis, yields an alcohol having molecular formula . The compound 'X' is

Answer: (C)

Solution

'X' reacting with Mg in dry ether gives the Grignard reagent 'Y' . A Grignard reagent adds to the carbonyl carbon of methanal (HCHO), and subsequent hydrolysis gives a primary alcohol with one carbon more than : CH_2$-OMgBr

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