Grignard's reagent is an organo-magnesium halide having the general chemical formula as (R-Mg-X) which is used to form a Carbon-Carbon bond and reduce an aldehyde or ketone to alcohol.
The reaction of water on methyl magnesium bromide in dry ether forms methane.
CH₃-Mg-Br + H₂0 --> CH₄ (methane) + Br-Mg-OH
The lone pair electrons on the oxygen atom attack the methyl carbon and remove the MgBr part from the compound and replace it with a Hydrogen atom to form methane.
The action of Zn-HCL on ethyl iodide is that it reduces ethyl iodide to ethane.
CH₃-CH₂-I + 2[H] [tex]\frac{Zn}{HCL}[/tex]--> CH₃-CH₃ (ethane) + HI
Zn/HCL acts as a reducing agent thus when reacted with ethyl iodide, the nascent Hydrogen atoms attack the iodine part of the compound and replace it thus forming ethane and Hydroflouride.
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