Acetyl chloride reacts with ____ to give butan-2-one.

Acetyl chloride reacts with ____ to give butan-2-one.
  1. cadmium chloride
  2. methyl magnesium chloride
  3. dimethyl cadmium
  4. diethyl cadmium

Solution

\(\mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{COCl}+\mathrm{C}_6 \mathrm{H}_6+\mathrm{Et}_2 \mathrm{Cd} ightarrow \mathrm{C}_6 \mathrm{H}_5 \mathrm{C}(\mathrm{O}) \mathrm{CH}_3+\mathrm{CdCl}_2+\mathrm{Et}_2 \mathrm{O}\) ,

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