Addition of Grignard Reagents to Ketones chemistry

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This is an example of the reaction of a ketone with a Grignard reagent, which gives a tertiary alcohol. The paper presents a study of several different idol-3-ones reacting with Grignard reagents. Idol-3-ones are potentially useful intermediates in the synthesis of alkaloids and pharmaceutical agents.
Going one step further: due to the lack of stability in the tertiary alcohol, a rearrangement is observed on the alcohol molecule, creating a gain in resonance stabilization in the final molecule. The study examined a variety of conditions under which the rearrangement occurred, in order to recognize the most efficient one. It was determined that the rearrangement took place with great facility under acidic or basic conditions or was thermally induced.

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