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(b) Show how the alcohol can be prepared from a combination of a carbonyl and a Grignard reagent. HO (10 marks
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The given target molecule having the name of 2-ethyl 2-pentanol, which is prepared by the reaction of the 2-pentanone with the grignard reagent (ethyl magnesium bromide) followed by the hydrolysis,

Br Mg ethyl magnesium bromide OH 2-pentanone H30+

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