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grignard reagent

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.80 in modern English

Syllables
grig-nard reagent
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

Grignard reagents (plural)

Questions

What does grignard reagent mean?
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
Where does grignard reagent come from?
Named for François Auguste Victor Grignard, a Nobel Prize-winning French chemist.

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