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When does a Grignard add an alkyl group and when does it serve only to de-protonate. I feel like I've seen both happen and I can't really predict when.
It will always deprotonate any remotely acidic H, such as on an alcohol or a terminal alkyne (which makes an acetylide)
This is not a grinard reaction. This is a wittig reaction with an ylide acting as a nucleophile. If I am not mistaken, forming a c-c double bond.