(a) Show how you will synthesise the following alcohol prepared by the reaction of a suitable Grignard reagent on methanal ?
(b) Write the mechanism of the following reaction :
(1) Synthesis by Grignard Reagent on methanal :
(2) Mechanism of
Step 1 : Addition of
Step 2 : Nucleophillic attack of water
Step 3 : Removal of