Grignard synthesis would still occur in ethanol instead of diethyl ether?

Mg could have reacted with ethanol to form a salt, but the Grignard reagent is a strong base reacts with ethanol in an acid base reaction, so it can not be used in the synthesis order (reaction acid-base are generally faster than most organic reactions, for example, the nucleophilic addition between the Grignard reagent and a carbonyl or oxidative insertion of Mg in alkyl halides) to be inert diethyl ether Grignard reagent is also another function to stabilize the Grignard reagent by the same complex.

Chemistry Experiment: Ether Synthesis by Distillation


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