CHEMISTRY TUTORIALS

What is Grignard Reagent ?

R-mg -x where x is Halogens i.e F,Cl ,Br,I. Specialty of grignard reagent is that R is nucleophillic in nature .

mechanism of grignard reagent

What is wacker process ?

1 ans :conversion of ethylene to acetaldehyde  in the presence of Pd(+2) and co catalyst CuCl2 is called wacker process.

(wacker process)

2 The catalyst and co-catalyst used in the Wacker process, respectively, are

(A) PdCl2and Cu (B) CuCl2and [PdCl4]2–

(C) Pdand CuCl (D) [PdCl4]2–and CuCl2