11.73 How are the following conversions carried out? (i) Propene → Propan-2-ol. (ii) Benzyl chloride → Benzyl alcohol. (iii) Ethyl magnesium chloride → Propan-1-ol. (iv) Methyl magnesium bromide → 2-Methylpropan-2-ol.

<p><strong>11.73</strong></p><p><strong>1.</strong> The conversion of Propene to propane-2-ol takes place according to markovnikoff rule. The positive part of H2O that is H+ goes to the carbon which has more hydrogen and the negative part that is OH-goes to carbon that has less number of carbons</p><p><strong>2. </strong>NaOH act as a base in the conversion of benzyl chloride to benzyl On hydrolysis removal of NaCl takes place and OH is inserted in place of Cl.</p><p><strong>3.</strong> Ethyl magnesium chloride (Grignard reagent) attacks on the carbon of the (The partial positive and negative charge is because of the electronegativity difference). After the formation of the addition product, hydrolysis takes place which further results in the formation of propane-1-ol and Mg (OH)Cl as the by product.</p><p><strong>4.</strong> Attack of methyl magnesium bromide (Grignard reagent) on carbonyl carbon results in the formation of adduct, which has partial charges due to electronegativity differences. The adduct on hydrolysis yields 2-methylpropan2-ol.</p>

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