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Earn 100

Explain the solubility of haloarenes.

Important Questions on Haloalkanes and Haloarenes

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The correct pair(s) of the ambident nucleophiles is (are):
(A) AgCN/KCN
(B) RCOOAg/RCOOK
(C) AgNO2/KNO2
(D) AgI/KI
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Which of the following will most readily give the dehydrohalogenation product?
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For the compounds CH3Cl, CH3Br, CH3I and CH3F, the correct order of increasing C-halogen bond length is :
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Explain why alkyl halides, though polar, are immiscible with water?
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The compound A on reaction with chlorine in presence of u.v. light gives B; which when reacted with AgNO2 in the solvent N, N-dimethylformamide, gives 2-Nitrobutane. The compound A is
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The major product of the following reaction is:
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Consider the reaction
CH3CH2CH2Br+NaCNCH3CH2CH2CN+NaBr
This reaction will be the fastest in
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A hydrocarbon C5H10 does not react with chlorine in dark but gives a single monochloro compound C5H9Cl in bright sunlight. Identify the hydrocarbon.
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Which of the following has the highest dipole moment?

i CH2Cl2 ii CHCl3 iii CCl4

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Predict all the alkenes that would be formed by dehydrohalogenation of 2,2,3-Trimethyl-3-bromopentane with sodium ethoxide in ethanol and identify the major alkene:
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p-Dichlorobenzene has higher melting point and lower solubility than those of o- and m-isomers. Discuss.
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Write the equation for the preparation of 1-iodobutane from 1-butanol.
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What are ambident nucleophiles? Explain with an example.
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Explain why the dipole moment of chlorobenzene is lower than that of cyclohexyl chloride?
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Methyl bromide is converted into ethane by heating it in ether medium with:
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In the following groups

-OAcI -OMeII -OSO2MeIII -OSO2CF3IV

The order of leaving group ability is
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The major product obtained in the dehydrohalogenation of neopentyl bromide with alcoholic KOH is
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Predict all the alkenes that would be formed by dehydrohalogenation of 1-Bromo-1-methylcyclohexane with sodium ethoxide in ethanol and identify the major alkene. 
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Which compound in each of the following pairs will react faster in SN2 reaction with OH-?
CH3Br or CH3I
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Among the following which one has weakest carbon-halogen bond?