The Grignard reagent can act as base with deprotonation yielding an enolate intermediate. What is the general mechanism for the reactions involving Grignard reagent. The Grignard reagent R-Mg-X pronounced Grin-yard is a carbon chain bound to a magnesium halide typically used to form alcohols by attacking carbonyls such as in aldehydes or ketones.
And X is a halogen atom usually chlorine bromine or iodine.
The Grignard reaction involves the synthesis of alcohol compounds from an aldehyde or ketone using Grignard reagents. The Grignard reagent is an organometallic compound having the general formula R-Mg-X R M g X where R is an organic group such as alkyl or aryl group and X is a halogen. For the purposes of this page we shall take R to be an alkyl group. Used in the Grignard reaction Most material 2005 1997 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.