What did the student not understand about grignard reagents


A student tried to prepare 1-phenylpentane-1,5-diol bya Grignard synthesis using 4-bromo-1-butanol and benzaldehyde. None of the desired products was obtained, but the student did isolate a small amount of 1-butanol from the reaction. Write this reaction and determinewhat went wrong? What did the student not understand about Grignard reagents?

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