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To synthesise acetone from a Grignard reagent \( \left(\mathrm{CH}_{3} \mathrm{MgI}\right) \), which of the following is used?
ChemistryAldehydes and KetonesJEE Main
Options:
  • A Benzonitrile
  • B Pent-3-ennitrile
  • C Formonitrile
  • D Acetonitrile
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The correct answer is: Acetonitrile

In Acetonitrile CH3CN, there is an electronegativity difference in between the carbon and nitrogen; hence, the carbon behaves as an electrophile site on which the methyl anion from the Grignard reagent attacks, and forms the ketone as shown below:(here R=CH3, R'=CH3)

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