Which of the following is not an organometallic compound?

Ethyl magnesium bromide

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Tetraethyl lead

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Sodium ethoxide

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Trimethyl aluminium

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Solution

The correct option is C Sodium ethoxide
Ethyl magnesium bromide: $C H_{3} C H_{2} - M g - B r$

Tetraethyl lead: $(C H_{3} C H_{2})_{4} - P b$

Sodium ethoxide: $C H_{3} - C H_{2} - O - N a$

Trimethyl aluminium: $A l_{2} (C H_{3})_{6}$

Organometallic compounds are those compounds in which carbon atom is directly linked to metal. But in sodium ethoxide as oxygen is attached to sodium metal so it is not an organometallic compound.

All except sodium ethoxide contains at least one bond between a carbon atom and a metal.

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