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MODERN PUBLICATION-HALOALKANES AND HALOARENES-EXCERCISE
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  2. RCI is hydrolysed to ROH slowly but the reaction is rapid if a catalys...

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  3. Why is (pm) butan-2-ol is optically inactive?

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  4. How do polar solvents help in the first step in SN(1)mechanism ?

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  5. C — X bond length in halobenzene is smaller than C — X bond length in ...

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

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  7. Which one undergoes S(N)2 substitution reaction faster and why? 1-brom...

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  8. Which one of the following compounds is more easily hydrolyzed by KOH ...

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  9. Discuss the preparation of haloalkanes from : (a) alkenes (b) alcoho...

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  10. Explain the chemical reaction of haloalkane (a) RONa (b)Ethanolic a...

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  11. Discuss the nucleophilic substitution reaction (SN(1) and SN(2)) of ha...

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  12. Write the preparatiön of haloarenes by (i) Substitution reaction (ii) ...

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  13. Discuss nucleophilic and electrohhilic reactions of haloarene.

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  14. What is Fittig and Wurtz-Fittig reaction?

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  15. How the following conversion can be carried out ? Aniline to phenylis...

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  16. CH(3)CHClCH(2)CH(3) or CH(3)CH(2)CH(2)Cl Which one undergoes SN(2) ...

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  17. (a) Give reasons for the following: (i) Ethyl iodide Undergoes SN(2)...

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  18. Complete the following reactions

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  19. What products would you expect from the elimination Of the following a...

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  20. Complete the following reactions:

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