Gilman test
The Gilman test is a chemical test for the detection of Grignard reagents and organolithium reagents.[1][2]
A 0.5 mL sample is added to a 1% solution of Mischler's ketone in benzene or toluene. To this solution is added 1 mL of water for hydrolysis to take place and then several drops of 0.2% iodine in glacial acetic acid. If the color of the resulting solution becomes a greenish-blue then the original sample did contain the organometallic species.
References
- ^ Henry Gilman and F. Schulze (1925). "A qualitative color test for the Grignard reagent". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 47 (7): 2002–2005. doi:10.1021/ja01684a032.
- ^ "Cyclohexylcarbinol". Organic Syntheses. 1941; Collected Volumes, vol. 1, p. 188.