Butanone, when treated with methyl magnesium bromide and thendilute aqueous acid, yields 2-methyl-2-butanol.
a) Please explain how Grignard reagents work. For example, whatrole does the magnesium play, and why is carbon unusuallynucleophilic?
(b) Please explain why the product not is a racemic mixture ofenantiomers of 2-
methyl-2-butanol.
(c)What role does acid (H+) play in this reaction? [Hint: it isnot a catalyst.]
