Grignard
Proper noun
Meaning
English Wikipedia has an article on:GrignardWikipedia
Grignard
A French surname.
Examples
Grignard reagents react with carbonyl groups to secondary and tertiary alcohols.
Thus, Grignard and organolithium compound are most often generated from the corresponding bromides.
In discussions mechanisms of organic reactions, methyl lithium and related Grignard reagents are often considered to be salts of "CH 3 − " and though the model may be useful for description and analysis, it is only a useful fiction.
Iodine is sometimes used to activate magnesium when preparing Grignard reagents.