Engineering
Chemistry
Carbocation
Question

Product 'A' is:

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Solution

The reaction involves a Grignard reagent (RMgBr) reacting with CO₂, a key reaction to form carboxylic acids. The Grignard reagent acts as a nucleophile attacking the electrophilic carbon of CO₂. After addition, aqueous workup protonates the intermediate to give the carboxylic acid.

The general reaction is: R-MgBr+CO21.H2O,H+R-COOH

In this case, the Grignard reagent is C6H5-CH-MgBr, so the product 'A' is the corresponding carboxylic acid, phenylacetic acid.

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