How to explain redox reaction with RMgX
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Redox reactions are reactions where both oxidation and reduction are taking place. Displacement reactions are examples of redox reactions as one species is being oxidised (losing electrons) while the other is being reduced (gaining electrons).
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Grignard Reagent
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The Grignard Reaction is the addition of an organomagnesium halide (Grignard reagent) to a ketone or aldehyde, to form a tertiary or secondary alcohol, respectively. The reaction with formaldehyde leads to a primary alcohol.
Grignard Reagents are also used in the following important reactions: The addition of an excess of a Grignard reagent to an ester or lactone gives a tertiary alcohol in which two alkyl groups are the same, and the addition of a Grignard reagent to a nitrile produces an unsymmetrical ketone via a metalloimine intermediate. (Some more reactions are depicted below)
Mechanism of the Grignard Reaction
While the reaction is generally thought to proceed through a nucleophilic addition mechanism, sterically hindered substrates may react according to an SET (single electron transfer) mechanism:
With sterically hindered ketones the following side products are received:
The Grignard reagent can act as base, with deprotonation yielding an enolate intermediate. After work up, the starting ketone is recovered.