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Reaction of haloalkanes with KCN produces alkyl cyanides as the main product while AgCN produces isocyanides as the chief product. Explain.

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MODERN PUBLICATION-HALOALKANES AND HALOARENES-EXCERCISE
  1. (a) Give reasons for the following: (i) Ethyl iodide Undergoes SN(2)...

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  2. Complete the following reactions

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

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  4. Complete the following reactions:

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

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  6. Which alkyl halide from the following pairs would you expect to react ...

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  7. Although chlorine is an electron withdrawing group, yet is op directin...

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  8. Haloarenes are much less reactive than haloalkanes towards nucleophili...

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  9. Arrange each set of compounds in the order of increasing boiling point...

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  10. In the following pairs of halogen compounds, which compound undergoes ...

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  11. Why dipolemoment of chlorobenzene is lower than that of cyclohexyl chl...

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  12. A solution of KOH hydrolyses CH(3)CHClCH(2)CH(3) and CH(3)CH(2)CH(2)CH...

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  13. The treatment of alkyl chlorides with aqueous KOH leads to the formati...

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  14. How will you bring about the conversion of methyl bromide to methyl i...

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  15. Chlorobenzene is extremely less reactive towards a nucleophilic substi...

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  16. (i) Why does p-dichlorobenzene have a higher m.p. than its o- and m-is...

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  17. Account for the following : (a)The C—Cl bond length in chlorobenzene ...

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  18. Which one in the following pairs of substances undergoes S(N)^2 substi...

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  19. Convert the following in not more than two steps: Propene to propyne...

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  20. Reaction of haloalkanes with KCN produces alkyl cyanides as the main p...

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