Comments on: Reaction of Grignard Reagent with Ester https://kailashafoundation.org/questions/reaction-of-grignard-reagent-with-ester/ Fun & Learn Portal Fri, 26 Oct 2018 11:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2 By: Utkarsh Gupta https://kailashafoundation.org/questions/reaction-of-grignard-reagent-with-ester/#comment-6728 Fri, 26 Oct 2018 11:38:00 +0000 https://kailashafoundation.org/?post_type=question&p=29332#comment-6728 The nucleophilic attack of the alkyl group of the Grignard reagent takes place on the carbonyl carbon of the ester.

The alkyl group attached to the oxygen of the ester along with the oxygen (remember I am talking about the oxygen singly bonded to carbonyl carbon) behaves as a leaving group and leaves behind a Ketone.

Again the attack of the alkyl group of the Grignard reagent takes place on the Ketone and formed an intermediate with the negative charge on the oxygen since it is now singly bonded to the carbon atom which was previously carbonyl carbon which on further hydrolysis forms the tertiary alcohol.

So in short, tertiary alcohol will be the final product.

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