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Ethylene oxide is treated with CHX3MgBr in dry ether and the mixture is then worked up with dilute acid. The product is
Aethanol
Bpropan-2-ol
Cpropan-1-ol
Dbutan-1-ol
Answer: C
The Grignard reagent acts as a carbon nucleophile and opens the strained ring by SN2 attack at a ring carbon. This adds CHX3 to CHX2 and leaves an alkoxide on the other CHX2. Protonation gives CHX3CHX2CHX2OH, propan-1-ol.