Which of the following starting materials and reagents would be best to produce a racemic mixture of 3-methyl-3-hexanol?    heptanone and 1. CH3MgBr 2. H3O+        hexanal and 1. CH3MgBr, 2. H3O+        3-hexanone and 1. CH3MgBr, 2. H3O+        butanal and 1. CH3CH2MgBr, 2. H3O+

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Which of the following starting materials and reagents would be best to produce a racemic mixture of 3-methyl-3-hexanol?

  
heptanone and 1. CH3MgBr 2. H3O+
 
 
  
hexanal and 1. CH3MgBr, 2. H3O+
 
 
  
3-hexanone and 1. CH3MgBr, 2. H3O+
 
 
  
butanal and 1. CH3CH2MgBr, 2. H3O+
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