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Our Little Johnny had a thirst, but now he is no more,
For what he thought was H2O was H2SO4
 
1 hour later…
Hot nitric acid (HNQ)
Hot nitric acid (HNQ)
02:56
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Q: Why is the ketone not attacked by the Grignard reagent/cuprate in this case but a double bond is?

Venven According to the book the answer is (a) Here I assume transmetallation occurs and then the nucleophilic carbon of methyl attacks the ring but what I don’t understand is why the ketone remains unaffected?

organic-chemistry grignard-reagent

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