Alcohols on reaction with Grignard reagent forms hydrocarbons.This is due to the presence of active hydrogen in alcohols and here grignard reagent acts as a base.
When any alcohol is treated with methyl magnemsium iodide the hydrocarbon formed should be methane gas.
ROH+CH3MgI→ROMgI+CH4(g)
Number of moles of CH4= Number of moles of ROH
⇒22400Volume(Litres)ofthegas=Molecularmassofthegasmassofthegas (Assuming NTP Condition)
⇒224003.1=Molecularmassofthegas4.5×10−3
⇒MM=32.51
=33g/mol