Question

Alkyl halides are more reactive than alkanes. Explain the reason

Answer 1

Answer:

With the exception of the fluroalkane they aremore reactive than alkanes principally due to two reasons: 1. C-X bond is polar due to the difference in electronegativity between carbon and X. The halogen which is electronegative will accept the electrons from the broken C-X bond and leave.

Answer 2

Explanation:

with the exception of fluroalkane there are more reactive than alkanes principally due to two reasons

c-x bond is Polar due to the difference in nelectronegativity between carbon and x

the halogen which is electronegative will accept the electrons from the broken c-x bond and leave.