Treating a Grignard reagent with carbon dioxide followed by aqueous HCI gives a car- boxylic acid. MgBr + CO, [intermediate] HCI, H,O [(not isolated)] Propose a structural formula for the bracketed intermediate and a mechanism for its formation.

Treating a Grignard reagent with carbon dioxide followed by aqueous HCI gives a car- boxylic acid. MgBr + CO, [intermediate] HCI, H,O [(not isolated)] Propose a structural formula for the bracketed intermediate and a mechanism for its formation.

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