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How is ethyl methanoate converted into propan- $2$ -ol?

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The conversion of ethyl methanoate into propan- $2$ -ol is as follows.
$2 C H_{3} M g X + H C O O C H_{2} C H_{3} H_{3} O^{+} \to C H_{3} C H (O H) C H_{3}$ .

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