C- Compare literature m.p (provide source) to observed m.p ranges and comment on purity of
the crude and recrystallized products.
D- Show why and explain how biphenyl is the major by product in the synthesis
Answer the following questions.
1- Answer questions # 1, 2, 3, 5 in the lab manual
2- A student tried to prepare a Grignard reagent from the organohalide shown below. This student
was not successful. Explain why?
HO
Br
3- In a similar Grignard reaction to the one you performed, provide the reactants needed to
synthesis the following tertiary alcohol. (There are more than one possible set of reactants.) Put
the reactant(s) and product(s) into a synthetic equation.
