The introduction of the Grignard reaction that was done by the famous chemist Victor Grignard was an important boosting factor in the synthesis of the organometallic compounds. Grignard reaction aids the chemists today when they need to make other compounds such as the alcohol (Crabtree pg 253). The reagents used during the Grignard reactions are called the Grignard reagents or generally as the organomagnesium halide. For the effective Grignard reaction to take place, an addition to a ketone or the usage of aldehyde in the reaction to any of the tertiary or secondary alcohol has to take place (Seyferth pg 432). Grignard reagents are often made through the reaction of the halogenoalkane with small amount of the magnesium according to the equation below: CH3CH2Br ethoxyethane CH3CH2MgBr …show more content…
Other compounds that can be formed as a result of the Grignard are the alkanes. For instance, when reacted with water, ethane is formed. Grignard reagents form examples of the strongest bases and can react with other reagents such as the acidic hydrogen. They are also chief sources of the nucleophiles (Banno et al., pg 290). For instance, methylmagnesium bromide provides a nucleophile to the carbon double bond found in aldehydes and