You know that it is crucial to ensure that all reagents, including solvents, as

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You know that it is crucial to ensure that all reagents, including solvents, as well as all glassware, etc., are scrupulously dried before undertaking a Grignard synthesis? However, you forgot to put the cleaned glassware into the oven the previous day and you really do not wish to put off doing the experiment till the next day. What are your options? You contemplate rinsing the glassware with acetone to remove traces of moisture adhering to the glass, but quickly realize that would not be a good idea. How come? Explain clearly, using relevant equations to illustrate your answer.

Explanation / Answer

The probable solvent in such case is ethanol.

If we use acetone, the grignard reagent formed reacts with acetone (a ketone) to give alcohol.

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