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Of the two procedures just described, preparation and carboxylation of a Grignard reagent...

Of the two procedures just described, preparation and carboxylation of a Grignard reagent or formation and hydrolysis of a nitrile, only one is appropriate to each of the following conversions. Identify the correct procedure in each case, and specify why the other will fail.

(a) Bromobenzene→ benzoic acid

(b) 2-Chloroethanol →3-hydroxypropanoic acid

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