Grignard alkoxide intermediate as starting material for ether or ester synthesis I'm having a Grignard reaction between a ketone or aldehyde with RMgX in mind.
The average workup uses water to hydrolize the intermediate alkoxide. But could this intermediate be used without isolation to prepare an ether or ester? For example by simple addition of RX, tosyl chloride, acetyl chloride ...

I don't know if the compoud is reactive enough, however. But it is an alkoxide and you probably wouldn't even need additional base for e.g. HCl scavenging. Maybe someone here knows more about the reactivity or maybe there are some literature examples?
Alkoxide, unless hydrolysed, acts as a very good base and is even used for the synthsis of ethers. However the alkoxide obtained in this case will have a yield that is quite low since the O- anion forms a salt as OMgX, hindering its ability to attack the alkyl group R-X. Thus, it is generally avoided.