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In this reaction, grignard reagent is acting as base as well as nucleophile. Ester and acyl group, each requires two equivalents of grignard reagent.
$R - O | | C - C l / O E t M e M g B r - ----- \to R - O | | C - C H_{3} M e M g B r - ----- \to R -^{-} - (C H_{3})_{2}$

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