English Explanatory Dictionary

Grignard reaction

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The reaction of a Grignard reagent (an organo-magnesium halide) with aldehydes or ketones to form secondary or tertiary alcohols

Word forms

Grignard reaction Grignard reactions

Etymology

After François Auguste Victor Grignard, a Nobel Prize-winning French chemist.

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