"Metals, particularly lithium and magnesium, act on haloalkanes to generate new compounds, called organometallic reagents, in which a carbon atom of an organic group is bound to a metal. These species are strong bases and good nucleophiles and as such are extremely useful in organic syntheses."
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K. Peter C. Vollhardt, Neil E. Schore (2011) Organic chemistry : structure and function 6th ed. Chapter 8. Hydroxy Functional Group : Alcohols, p. 304.
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