In a reaction of ketones and aldehydes with grignard reagents and alkyllithium reagents, is it feasible to imagine the Organometallic compound acting as a base and deprotonating at the Alpha carbon? There's a precedent example in the Wittig reaction. After the phosphonium ylide is formed, an alkyllithium is used to deprotonate it.
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