Acid halide (except formyl chloride) reacts with excess of grignard reagent to form

secondary alcohol

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tertiary alcohol

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ketone

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primary alcohol

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Solution

The correct option is B tertiary alcohol
Grignard reagent is a strong nucleophile. It undergoes nucleophilic addition reaction when it reacts with acid halide and produces ketone which undergoes further addition to produce tertiary alcohol.

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