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Cyclohexanone is to be treated with in a suitable solvent, followed by aqueous work-up. Which solvents are suitable for the addition step?

  1. Adiethyl ether
  2. Btetrahydrofuran (THF)
  3. Cethyl acetate
  4. Dmethanol

Answer: A, B

Grignard reagents are stabilised by coordination of ether oxygen to magnesium, so diethyl ether and THF are suitable and are non-acidic and non-electrophilic. Ethyl acetate has an ester carbonyl that reacts with (competing addition), and methanol protonates the reagent to .
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