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 A collection of molecules tend to do, by and large, what is easiest for them