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All right, which is the following statements about organometallic reagents is not true.
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Number one is definitely true.
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The general form for an organometallic reagent is metal plus with some sort of carbon minus.
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Right? that's just what organometallics are.
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If it's a greenyard reagent, for example, then we'll have magnesium bromide, and this will be positively charged.
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And then we'll have an r group, which is negatively charged, maybe like an ethyl or a methyl, right, something like that.
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The more polar, the carbon metal bond, the more reactive, the organometallic reagent, and this is true.
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If we consider the difference between a grignard reagent with an organolithium reagent, typically these organo -litiums are far more reactive because lithium is far smaller.
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Stronger positive charge, which further polarizes this point.
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Organometallic reagents act as bases and nucleophiles.
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This is true.
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We've seen them react in both ways...