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Why the treatment of alkyl chloride with silver nitrite forms nitroalkane and with potassium nitrite forms Alkyl nitrite ?

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Alkali metal nitrites are ionic compound and the bond between K - 0 is ionic and the negative charge on oxygen is the attacking site. Hence the attack of oxygen and alkyl halide forms alkyl nitrites.

On the other hand silver nitrite is a covalent compound and the bond between Ag - O is covalent. Therefore it does not have a negative charge on the oxygen atom. Hence the nucleophilic attacks occurs through the lone pair on Nitrogen forming nitro alkanes.
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