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is added to formaldehyde in dry ether, followed by . The product is

  1. Apropan-2-ol
  2. Bmethanol
  3. C2-methylpropan-2-ol
  4. Dethanol

Answer: D

Grignard reagents add to to give primary alcohols with one more carbon: , and hydrolysis gives .
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