Organometallic Compounds

- Organometallic compounds contain a carbon-metal bond and are important organic reagents, such as Grignard reagents (RMgX). - Organometallic compounds provide a source of nucleophilic carbon that can react with electrophilic carbons to form new carbon-carbon bonds, allowing synthesis of complex molecules from simple starting materials. - Common reactions involve organolithium (RLi) and Grignard (RMgX) reagents adding to the carbonyl groups in aldehydes, ketones, and esters to form alcohols.