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4) Water destroys Grignard reagents why?5) Is it possible to prepare methane byKolbe's Electrolytic method

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q Diethyl ether is an especially good solvent for the formation ofGrignard reagentsbecause ethers are non-acidic (aprotic).Wateror alcohols would protonate and thusdestroytheGrignard reagent, because theGrignardcarbon is highly nucleophilic. This would form a hydrocarbon.

Methane cannot bepreparedbykolbe's electrolytic method. ... TheKolbe's electrolytic methodis useful for thepreparationofethaneand higher members. Through thismethod, the alkane is formed by the combination of two alkyl free radical and therefore it would contain atleast two carbon atom.



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