JEE Main Chemistry question

Grignard reagent undergoes:

(A)Nucleophilic substitution
(B)Nucleophilic addition
(C)Both (A) and (B)Correct
(D)None of the above

Answer: (C)

Solution

A Grignard reagent, , behaves as a strong carbon nucleophile. It undergoes nucleophilic addition to carbonyl compounds (aldehydes, ketones, , esters) to form new carbon–carbon bonds, and it also undergoes nucleophilic substitution-type

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