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Answer 1

So in the Grignard reaction you have R-MgBr.

And `R^-` is not happy to be negative and so it will easily justify the situation by reacting and becoming positive by accepting a proton.

Diethyl ether is used as a solvent for this reaction because it is antiprotic. That means it will not react with the `R^-`, this allows for the Grignard reaction to take place.