Grignard reagent

English

Etymology

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

Noun

Grignard reagent (plural Grignard reagents)

1. (organic chemistry) 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

Translations

alkyl or aryl magnesium halide

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 格氏試劑 / 格氏试剂 (Géshì shìjì)

• Estonian: Grignardi reaktiiv
• Finnish: Grignardin reagenssi
• Khmer: ធាតុបន្ទាល់គ្រីញ៉ា (thiət bɑntŏəl kriiñaa)