Metalation (metallation) is a chemical reaction which results in a metal atom being attached to a (usually organic) molecule. Lithium metal in contact with an organohalide lithiates the organic molecule and gives the organolithium reagent and lithium halide. Magnesium similarly metalates organohalides to give Grignard reagents. Protons on a molecu...
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any chemical process by which a metal atom is introduced into an organic molecule to form an organometallic compound, but more commonly the process ...
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