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In order to produce a carboxylic acid as a product of the Grignard reaction, the Grignard reagent reacts with:
 a. CO2
  b. a methyl ketone
  c. a methyl ester
  d. an aldehyde
  e. either or CO2 a methyl ketone

Question 2

Which of the following is not a common feature of both carboxylic acids and nitriles?
 a. carbon atom with three bonds to an electronegative atom
  b. presence of  bonds
  c. can act as electrophiles
  d. occur frequently in living organisms
  e. All characterize both functional group classes.


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Reply #1 on: Aug 23, 2018
Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

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Reply #2 on: Aug 23, 2018
Both answers were spot on, thank you once again


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