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Magnesium in Dry Ether
Magnesium in Dry Ether
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Grignard reagents \( (R-MgBr) \) are highly reactive and can be used for nucleophilic addition reactions with carbonyl compounds.
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Ethyl bromide reacts with magnesium in dry ether to form an ethyl magnesium bromide (Grignard reagent).
\[
\text{C}_2\text{H}_5\text{Br} + \text{Mg} \xrightarrow{\text{dry ether}} \text{C}_2\text{H}_5\text{MgBr}
\]
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