Grignard reagent structure

Layer 2 — Chemistryin the organometallic-chemistry subtree

Organomagnesium halide RMgX (X = Cl, Br, I) prepared by direct insertion of Mg(0) into an alkyl or aryl halide in dry ether. In solution exists as a Schlenk equilibrium: 2 RMgX ⇌ R₂Mg + MgX₂, solvated by two ether oxygens on Mg. The…

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