Grignard reaction
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
After François Auguste Victor Grignard, a Nobel Prize-winning French chemist.
Noun[edit]
Grignard reaction (plural Grignard reactions)
- (organic chemistry) The reaction of a Grignard reagent (an organo-magnesium halide) with aldehydes or ketones to form secondary or tertiary alcohols