Assignment:
Q1) What is the purpose of grinding the magnesium before introducing it into the reaction flask?
Q2) What are the visual clues you will use to determine that Grignard formation is initiated in the reaction flask?
Q3) If the methyl benzoate used to prepare triphenylmethanol is wet what by-product is formed?
a. If the ethyl benzoate used to prepare triphenylmethanol is wet, what byproduct is formed?
Q4) Write the chemical reactions for the formation of respective Grignard reagents from the reaction of magnesium with the following organic halides:
a. Iodomethane
b. Chlorocyclohexane.
Q5) What product(s) would you observe if you tried to prepare a Grignard reagent from 4-bromo-1-butanol?
(Hint:4-hydroxybutylmagnesium bromide is not the final product)
Provide complete and step by step solution for the question and show calculations and use formulas.