When phenyl magnesium bromide reacts with t-butanol, the product would be **[IIT JEE 2005]**

JEE Main Chemistry question

When phenyl magnesium bromide reacts with -butanol, the product would be **[IIT JEE 2005]**

(A)BenzeneCorrect
(B)Phenol
(C)-butyl benzene
(D)-butyl phenyl ether

Answer: (A)

Solution

Grignard reagents are strong bases and react with the acidic O–H proton of any alcohol in a simple acid–base reaction well before any possible carbon–carbon bond formation (which cannot occur

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