The Reformatsky reaction is a chemical reaction that involves the nucleophilic addition of an organozinc compound to a carbonyl compound, typically an aldehyde or ketone. It is named after Sergei Nikolaevich Reformatsky, the Russian chemist who first described the reaction in 1887.
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