JEE Main & Advanced Chemistry Carboxylic Acids Question Bank Preparation of Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives

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    Ethyl acetate is obtained when methyl magnesium iodide reacts with     [Tamil Nadu CET 2002]

    A)                 Ethyl formate   

    B)                 Ethyl chloroformate

    C)                 Acetyl chloride 

    D)                 Carbon dioxide

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

               \[C{{H}_{3}}MgI+\underset{\text{Ethyl}\,\text{chloroformate}}{\mathop{Cl-\overset{O}{\mathop{\overset{||}{\mathop{C}}\,}}\,-O{{C}_{2}}{{H}_{5}}}}\,\to \]\[\left[ Cl-\,\underset{C{{H}_{3}}\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,}{\overset{OMgI\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,}{\mathop{\underset{|\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,}{\overset{|\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,}{\mathop{C-O{{C}_{2}}{{H}_{5}}}}}\,}}}\, \right]\]\[\to \underset{\text{Ethyl}\,\text{acetate}}{\mathop{C{{H}_{3}}-\overset{O}{\mathop{\overset{||}{\mathop{C}}\,}}\,-O{{C}_{2}}{{H}_{5}}}}\,+Mg<\begin{matrix}    Br  \\    I\,\,\,  \\ \end{matrix}\]


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