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- noun chemistry an
alkyl oraryl magnesium halide , used in theGrignard reaction to formsubstituted alcohols ; they are formed from alkyl or aryl halides andmetallic magnesium
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Named for François Auguste Victor Grignard, a Nobel Prize-winning French chemist.
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