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Grignard reaction
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Etymology
Named for
François Auguste Victor Grignard
, a Nobel Prize-winning French chemist.
Noun
Grignard
reaction
The reaction of a Grignard reagent (an organo-
magnesium
halide
) with
aldehyde
s or
ketone
s to form
secondary
or
tertiary
alcohol
s
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