The synthesis of alkyl fluoride is best accomplished by:

Options

A. free radical fluorination
B. Sandmeyer’s reaction
C. Finkelstein reaction
D. Swarts reaction

Answer

D

Explanation

Alkyl fluorides are best accomplished by Swart.s reaction. It is an indirect method in which chloro or bromoalkanes are heated with inorganic fluorides like `SbF_(3), AsF_(3), AgF, Hg_(2)F_(2)` etc.
`CH_(2)Br +AgF to CH_(3)F +AgBr`