Such
compounds are known as organo-metallic compounds An
important class of organo-metallic compounds discovered by Victor
Grignard in 1900 is alkyl magnesium halide, RMgX, referred as
Grignard Reagents These reagents are obtained by the reaction of
haloalkanes with magnesium metal in dry ether A chemical reaction is the result of competition; it is a race that is won by the fastest
runner