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Do the following conversions : (i) Methyl bromide to acetone (ii) Benzyl chloride to 2-phenylacetic acid.

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Solution :(i) `CH_(3) Br + Mg overset "Dry Ether"rightarrow CH_(3)MGBR`
(ii) `C_(6)H_(5) CH_(2)CI + KCN overset"-KCI"C_(6)H_(5)CH_(2)CH`
`C_(6)H_(5)CH_(2)CH + 2H_(2)O overset"H^(+)`"rightarrow underset("2-phenylacetic ACID")(C_(6)H_(5)CH_(2)CHOO+NH_(4)^(+))`


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