The purified product should have the following ¹H NMR spectrum: ¹H NMR δ 7.23-7.39 (m, 5H), 6.60 (d, J = 16.0 Hz, 1H), 6.23 (dd, J = 6.4 Hz, 1H), 5.84 (m, 1H), 5.14-5.20 (m, 2H), 4.35 (q, J = 6.4 Hz, 1H), 2.37-2.43 (m, 2H), 1.9 (br s, 1H).

This experiment has demonstrated how to synthesize a Grignard reagent from an aryl/alkyl halide and how to use the Grignard reagent to perform a nucleophilic addition onto a carbonyl compound to construct a new carbon-carbon bond.

The Grignard reaction is widely applied in the synthetic chemistry world, and is used in university research labs, national laboratories, and pharmaceutical companies. Simple Grignard reagents are commercially available, but often times unique and specialized Grignar