JEE Main Chemistry question

3-Methoxybenzonitrile (the ring bearing –C≡N and –OCH₃) is treated with CH₃MgBr, then H₃O⁺, to give product P. P is

Answer: (A)

Solution

Grignard reagents add once to a nitrile to give, after acidic aqueous workup, a ketone (via hydrolysis of the intermediate imine/ketimine

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Question ID VK-149065