Organo Metallic Compounds

Organometallic compounds are organic compounds containing a direct carbon-metal bond, e.g. methyl magnesium iodide (CH3MgI) and ethyl magnesium bromide (CH3CH2MgBr). In the Grignard reagent's C-Mg bond, carbon is more electronegative than magnesium, so the bond is covalent but strongly polarised: carbon carries a partial negative charge and magne …