Grignard reagent
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Grignard reagents or Grignard compounds are chemical compounds with the general formula RMgXn, where X is a halide, R is an organic group, S is an ether, and n is usually 2. Usually, the ether groups
Magnesium turnings are placed in a flask.
Tetrahydrofuran and a small piece of iodine are added.
A solution of alkyl bromide is added while heating.
After completion of the addition, the mixture is heated for a while.
Victor Grignard
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François Auguste Victor Grignard was a French chemist who won the Nobel Prize for his discovery of the eponymously named Grignard reagent and Grignard reaction, both of which are important in the form
Grignard reagent
…ether ligands as well as the halide and organyl ligands. The discovery of the Grignard reaction in 1900 was recognized with the Nobel Prize awarded to Victor Grignard in 1912. Traditionally Grignard reagents are prepared by treating an organic halide (normally organobromine) with magnesium metal. Ethers are required…
Grignard in 1912
Grignard in 1912. Taken for Nobel Prize publication.