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Why do haloalkanes dissolve in organic solvents?

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Haloalkenes are covalent compounds with little polarity. They dissolve in organic solvent which are of similar nature.
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  1. Which will react faster in S(N^(2)) displacement reaction, 1-Bromopent...

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  2. Complete the following reactions:

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  3. Why do haloalkanes dissolve in organic solvents?

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  4. What is a racemic mixture? Give an example

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

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  6. Write the IUPAC name of the compound CH(3)-C-=C-CHClCH(3).

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  7. Identify A and B in the following reaction.

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  8. Although chlorine is an electron withdrawing group, yet it is ortho-, ...

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  9. What is meant by chirality of a compound? Give an example

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  10. What happens when bromine attacks on CH(2)=CH-CH(2)-CH=CH(2)?

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  11. What are ambident nucleophiles? Explain with an example.

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  12. How will you distinguish between the following pairs of compounds (i...

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

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  17. Give the structures of the products A, B and C in the following reacti...

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