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Methylmagnesium bromide is treated with methanal (formaldehyde) and the adduct is then hydrolysed with dilute acid. The product is

Aethanal
Bpropan-2-ol
Cmethanol
Dethanol

Answer: D

CH X_{3} MgBr

adds to

HCHO

to give

CH X_{3} CH X_{2} OMgBr

, which on hydrolysis gives

CH X_{3} CH X_{2} OH

. Methanal always gives a primary alcohol with one more carbon than the Grignard reagent.

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