Grignard reagents are normally prepared in

Aanhydrous diethyl ether
Babsolute ethanol
Cwater
Daqueous acetone

Answer: A

A Grignard reagent is a strong base and would be destroyed by any compound with an acidic hydrogen. Dry diethyl ether has no active hydrogen and its oxygen lone pairs coordinate to magnesium, stabilising

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