"There are, in fact, very few organic zinc compounds; only the first members of the series, which correspond to the simplest organic radicals, can be prepared without too much difficulty, but they have the disadvantage of being spontaneously inflammable in air and are consequently very dangerous to handle."
- Victor GrignardFrench chemist Victor Grignard made important advances in the study of organic chemistry. His research on organometallic compounds, which resulted in the creation of the Grignard reaction, earned him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1912. In one of his articles, Grignard explained a peculiar property…