Grignard Reagents

lestersr@plu.edu
Tue, 10 Dec 1996 21:07:47 -0800 (PST)

The reason we had to be careful of the presence of water is found on page
490. It is because Grignard Reagents are so sensitive to acidic
compounds.

Samuel

On Tue, 10 Dec 1996 johnstsl@plu.edu wrote:

>
> I knopw this is a stupid question but does anyone know why we had to be so
> scrupulous about keeping water out of our Grignard reaction in lab? I
> can't seem to figure this out. (Its dead week! Give me a break!)
>
> Study hard fellow students! We're almost done!!!!
>
> JOHNSTSL@PLU.EDU
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