Addition of an organomagnesium halide (RMgX) to a carbonyl to give an alcohol after protonation. Workhorse C-C-bond-forming reaction discovered by Victor Grignard (1900).
Addition of an organomagnesium halide (RMgX) to a carbonyl to give an alcohol after protonation. Workhorse C-C-bond-forming reaction discovered by Victor Grignard (1900).