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What happens when ethyl acetate reacts with ethyl magnesium bromide followed by hydrolysis? Please give mechanism.

What happens when ethyl acetate reacts with ethyl magnesium bromide followed by hydrolysis?
Please give mechanism.

Grade:11

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Vikas TU
14149 Points
6 years ago
The response is called Grignard response. 
At the point when ethyl acetic acid derivation responds with magnesium bromide it gives ethyl magnesium bromide. When it is additionally trailed by hydrolysis it gives ethane gas. 
C2H5-Li+MgBr2-C2H5-MgBr+LiBr 
C2H5-MgBr+H2OC2H6+Mg(OH)Br 

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