Ethyl benzoate is treated with excess CH3MgBr in dry ether, then H3O+. Which statements are correct?

2 mol of CH3MgBr are consumed per mol of ester

ethanol is formed as a by-product

2 mol of CH3MgBr are consumed per mol of ester

ethanol is formed as a by-product

acetophenone is the main isolated product

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Ethyl benzoate is treated with excess $CH X_{3} MgBr$ in dry ether, then $H X_{3} O X^{+}$ . Which statements are correct?

The ester gives acetophenone as intermediate, which is more reactive than the ester and adds a second

CH X_{3} MgBr

to give

C X_{6} H X_{5} - C (CH X_{3}) X_{2} - OMgBr

; the alkoxide leaving group appears as ethanol. Acetophenone is not isolated under these conditions.