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magnesium is vital
for humans, animals and
plants.
Magnesium is used in
organometallic chemistry
with the
Grignard reagent process, awarded
the
Nobel Prize
in
1912.
Reactions between elemental magnesium and
haloalkane
or
halogenated aromatic compounds
allow
organic magnesium compounds to be
isolated that are known as
Grignard reagents. For the kinetics of the reaction in
the
production of Grignard reagents, a
magnesium atom must be inserted in a
carbon
halide
bond. A variety
of end products are derived
through the
final
hydrolysis
of the
addition
products.
Their
end products, e.g.
vitamin
A and E, are also used in the
fields
of medicine and agriculture. |
