Meanings
nounGrignard reaction (plural Grignard reactions)
plural Grignard reactions
- chemistryThe reaction of a Grignard reagent (an organo-magnesium halide) with aldehydes or ketones to form secondary or tertiary alcohols
Origin
After François Auguste Victor Grignard, a Nobel Prize-winning French chemist.
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