Question

Alkanes are inert under normal conditions. why?
and what do you mean by inert?
..cbse, class-11th, chemistry..
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Answer 1

Heya friend!!
Rajdeep here....

What is the meaning of inert?
An inert substance is that substance/compound/chemical, which is passive, I.e., which does not READILY or on any circumstance react with another compound.
Example:
Helium, Neon, Argon, etc.
Are inert gases because they don't react with each other and have COMPLETE OUTER SHELL CONFIGURATION.

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Alkanes (Paraffin) are organic compounds with general formula CnH2n+2.
They are saturated hydrocarbons, I.e., they have single bond and all the hands of carbon are linked with hydrogen. Hence, they carry out substitution reaction, I.e., the thing with which they react, is to be substituted in place of the hydrogen......
But, since they are saturated, they do not want to react with other substances in Normal conditions.
For example, methane (an alkane) reacts with chlorine in diffused sunlight (not in normal conditions).

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