Alkyl halides give which type of reaction?
Correct answer: B. Nucleophilic substitution
- A. Addition
- B. Nucleophilic substitution
- C. Electrophilic substitution
- D. Electrophilic addition
Explanation
Alkyl halides give nucleophilic substitution and elimination reactions. A nucleophile attacks the electrophilic alkyl halide and replaces the halide group in a nucleophilic substitution reaction. Alkyl halides cannot give addition reactions unless they have a double or triple bond across the carbon chain.
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Alkyl halides are named and related to their carbon-halogen structure, polarity and reactivity. The key reactions are nucleophilic substitution by SN1 and SN2 mechanisms and elimination by E1 and E2 mechanisms, including how substrate structure, nucleophile, base, solvent and temperature influence substitution versus elimination.
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