Why are alkyl halides insoluble in water?
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Solubility in water. The alkyl halides are at best only slightlysoluble in water. For a halogenoalkane to dissolve in water you have to break attractions between the halogenoalkane molecules (van der Waals dispersion and dipole-dipole interactions) and break the hydrogen bonds between watermolecules.
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Hey !!
This is due to the inability of alkyl molecule to form intermolecular hydrogen bonds with water molecules.
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