Practice Probolem 17.3 Howcould you use the addition of a Grignard reagent to a ketone to synthesize 2-phenyl-2-propanol?
Strategy Draw the product, and identify the three groups bonded to the alcohot cardon atom One of the three will have come from the Grignard reagent, and the remaining two will have come from the ketone
Solution 2-phenyl-2-propanol has two methyl groups (-H3) and one phenyl (-C6H5) attached to the alcohol carbone atom. Thus, the possibilities