Do Grignard Reagents React with Esters?
Figure 12-28. an Ester (Or an Acid Halide or an Anhydride) Reacts First with a Grignard Reagent to Form a Ketone, Which Reacts Further to Give an Alcohol. It...
Figure 12-28. An ester (or an acid halide or an anhydride) reacts first with a Grignard reagent to form a ketone, which reacts further to give an alcohol. It is not usually possible to make and isolate a ketone through reaction of an ester or other acid derivative with only one mole of Grignard reagent.
Do Grignard reagents react with ethers?
The Grignard carbon is highly basic and reacts with the acidic protons of polar solvents like water to form an alkane. Ether has no acidic protons, so Grignard reagents are stable in ether.
Can esters form Grignard reagents?
Grignard reagents will also add to esters. What makes these reactions a little more complicated is that they add twice. The net result (after addition of acid) is a tertiary alcohol. This is also the case for acid halides (acyl halides) and anhydrides.
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