Alkyl halides can be converted into Grignard reagents by:

boiling them with Mg ribbon in alcoholic solution

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warming them with magnesium powder in dry ether

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refluxing them with

M g C l_{2}

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warming them with

M g C l_{2}

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Solution

The correct option is B warming them with magnesium powder in dry ether
Answer: $B$
Explanation: Alkyl halides can be converted into Grignard reagents by warming them with magnesium powder in dry ether.
$R X + M g + D r y e t h e r \to R - M g - X$

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Alkyl halides can be converted into Grignard reagents by

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M g

R - X + M g E t_{2} O - -- \to R M g X

A r - X + M g E t_{2} O - -- \to A r M g X

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