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If anyone could give me a general idea of how to solve these problems, thank you! 1. Write the chemical reaction for the formation of the respective Grignard reagents from the reaction of magnesium with the following organic halides:

(a) iodomethane (b) bromobenzene (c) chlorocyclohexane

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The following web page seems to cover this fairly well - http://www.chemguid...lkanes/grignard.html
ianmoth
13 September 2012
(a) CH3I + Mg = CH3MgI
Prabalini K.
17 November 2012
(b) C6H5Br +Mg = C6H5MgBr
Prabalini K.
17 November 2012
(c)C6H11Cl + Mg= C6H11MgCl
Prabalini K.
17 November 2012
The second example doesn't work very well unless the Mg is very finely ground and I mean very finely! lol.
andrew
17 November 2012
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