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A compound (A) reacts with thionylchlori...

A compound (A) reacts with thionylchloride to give a compound (B). (B) reacts with magnesium to form a Grignard reagent which is treated with acetone and the product is hydrolysed to give 2-methyl butan-2-ol. What are the structural formulae of (A) and (B) ?

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(A) Ethyl alcohol ; (B) Ethyl chloride

Thus, R is `CH_(3)CH_(2)-` . Hence (B) is `CH_(3)CH_(2)Cl`
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