English Explanatory Dictionary

Grignard reagent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An alkyl or aryl magnesium halide, used in the Grignard reaction to form substituted alcohols; they are formed from alkyl or aryl halides and metallic magnesium

Word forms

Grignard reagent Grignard reagents

Etymology

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

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