How will you obtain tertiary alcohol from Grignard reagent?
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Solution
The nucleophilic addition of grignard reagent to ketone (in ether solvent) forms a complex. The acid hydrolysis of the complex gives tertiary alcohol. CH3−C|| O −CH31)CH3−Mg−I/dry ether−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−→2)H+/H2OCH3−CH3|C| OH −CH3+I−Mg−OH