JEE Main Chemistry question
Formaldehyde gives an additive product with methyl magnesium iodide which, on aqueous hydrolysis, gives:
Answer: (B)
Solution
CH₃MgI adds to HCHO to give, after hydrolysis, ethanol (CH₃CH₂OH).
Formaldehyde gives an additive product with methyl magnesium iodide which, on aqueous hydrolysis, gives:
CH₃MgI adds to HCHO to give, after hydrolysis, ethanol (CH₃CH₂OH).