Grignard
[ green-yahrd; French gree-nyar ]
/ grinˈyɑrd; French griˈnyar /
noun
(Fran·çois Au·guste) Vic·tor
[frahn-swa oh-gyst veek-tawr] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst vikˈtɔr/,1871–1935,
French organic chemist: Nobel Prize 1912.
Example sentences from the Web for grignard
In preparing the Grignard reagent the commencement of the reaction is accelerated by a trace of iodine.