which alkanes cannot be prepared by wurtz reaction
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Methane cannot be prepared by wurtz reaction.
Methane (being the simplest alkane) has no C-C bonds, so cannot be synthesised this way. Because wurtz rxn prepare symmetrical alkanes but unsymmetrical alkanes can be prepared in mixture. In wurtz rxn two molecules of alkyl halides react to produce alkanes but Methane is a single carbon molecule.
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Methane (being the simplest alkane) has no C-C bonds, so cannot be synthesised this way. Because wurtz rxn prepare symmetrical alkanes but unsymmetrical alkanes can be prepared in mixture. In wurtz rxn two molecules of alkyl halides react to produce alkanes but Methane is a single carbon molecule.
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Answer:Methane cannot be produced by wurtz reaction as because this reaction produced mirror image of alkane. And hence it is impossible to form methane by mirror image in wurtz reaction.
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