JEE Main Chemistry question

When is made to react with acetone and the addition product is hydrolysed, we get

(A)A primary alcohol
(B)A secondary alcohol
(C)A tertiary alcoholCorrect
(D)An aldehyde

Answer: (C)

Solution

Grignard addition to a ketone's carbonyl carbon, which already bears two carbon substituents, installs a third carbon group there on hydrolysis; acetone (bearing two methyls)

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