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Organic halogen compounds used in industry as solvents are chlorides rather than bromides and iodides. Explain.

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Organic alkyl chlorides are widely used as solvents in industry because chlorides are not only more stable but are also more volatile than bromide and iodides.
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PRADEEP-HALOALKANES AND HALOARENES-ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS (VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS)
  1. Which alkyl halide has the highest density and why?

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  2. Haloalkanes dissolve easily in organic solvents, why?

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  3. Organic halogen compounds used in industry as solvents are chlorides r...

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  4. Which is a better nucleophile, a bromide ion or an iodide ion?

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  5. Because of bigger size and lower electronegativity, iodide ion can don...

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  6. What happens when CH(3)-Br is treated with KCN?

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  7. What happens when ethyl chloride is treated with aqueous KOH?

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  8. Which compound in each of the following pairs will react faster in S(N...

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  9. Which would undergo S(N^(2)) reaction faster in the following pair and...

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  10. Arrange the following in order of their Increasing reactivity in nuc...

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  11. In each of the following pairs of compounds, identify the compound whi...

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  12. Which one of the following reacts faster in an S(N)1 reaction and why?

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  13. Out CH(3)-underset(CH(3))underset(|)(CH)-CH(2)-Cl and CH(3)-CH(2)-und...

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  14. Write the structure of an isomer of compound C(4)H(9)Br which is most ...

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  15. A solution of aqueous of KO hydrolysis CH(3)CHClCH(2)CH(3) and CH(3)CH...

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  16. In the pair, (CH(3))(3)C Cl and CH(3)Cl, CH(3)Cl will react faster in ...

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  17. Which one undergoes S(N)2 substitution reaction faster and why?

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  18. Out of two bromoderivatives C(6)H(5)CH(CH(3))Br and C(6)H(5)CH(C(6)H...

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  19. Which compound in each of the following pairs will react faster by S(N...

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  20. What is the reagent used for dehydrohalogenation of an alkyl halide?

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