Identify substrate ' $\mathrm{A}$ ' in the following reaction. $\begin{aligned} 2 \mathrm{nA}…

Identify substrate ' $\mathrm{A}$ ' in the following reaction. $\begin{aligned} 2 \mathrm{nA} \stackrel{\text { Dimethyl cadmium }}{\longrightarrow} & 2 \mathrm{n} \text { Propanone } \\ & +\mathrm{n} \text { Cadmium chloride }\end{aligned}$
  1. Ethyl chloride
  2. Ethylene dichloride
  3. Ethanoyl chloride
  4. Ethylidene dichloride

Solution

Ketones are prepared from acyl chloride by reaction with dialkyl cadmium.

Asked in: MHT CET 2023 (14 May Shift 2)

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