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Tag: haloalkane

Cat Links Organic chemistry

How to prepare a halogenoalkane

Posted on May 23, 2023April 3, 2025 Sarah Parkes

There are number of ways to make a halogenoalkane, each of which has its own advantages and disadvantages. Halogenation of

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Elimination reactions in halogenoalkanes

Posted on April 8, 2022March 4, 2025 Sarah Parkes

Halogenoalkanes undergo substitution reactions in the presence of a nucleophile such as the hydroxide ion, OH–, but most good nucleophiles

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Explaining the reactivity of halogenoalkanes

Posted on April 8, 2022March 4, 2025 Sarah Parkes

Can we predict the trend in reactivity of fluoromethane, chloromethane, bromomethane and iodomethane based on any of the information below?

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Nucleophilic substitution in halogenoalkanes

Posted on April 8, 2022March 5, 2025 Sarah Parkes

Halogenoalkanes react with nucleophiles in nucleophilic substitution reactions. The halogen atom in the molecule is replaced by the nucleophile and

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