Grignard reagent

== English == === Etymology === Named for François Auguste Victor Grignard, a Nobel Prize-winning French chemist. === Noun === Grignard reagent (plural Grignard reagents) (organic chemistry) 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 ==== Translations ====