Why Grignard reagent don't react with alkylhalides ?
1 Answer
Mar 4, 2018
Because, assuming ordinary temperatures where substitution occurs, it'll just make more of itself again...
Grignard reagents are simply
If you seriously want to react with
#R:^(-)"MgX"^(+) + R'-"X"' -> R-"X"' + R':^(-)"MgX"^(+)#
via second order substitution, which is another Grignard reagent. So you don't get anywhere, really.