Preparation of Alkyl Halides
Preparation of Alkyl Halides: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Finkelstein Reaction, Swarts Reaction, Peroxide Effect, Preparation of Haloalkanes From Alcohols, Preparations of Haloalkanes and, Preparation of Haloalkanes by Free Radical Halogenation of Alkanes
Important Questions on Preparation of Alkyl Halides
The major product of the following reaction is:

In the presence of peroxide, hydrogen chloride and hydrogen iodide do not give anti-Markovnikoff’s addition with alkenes, because of the fact that:

Consider the following reaction
Identify the structure of the major product X.

Benzyl chloride can be prepared from toluene by chlorination with –

The reaction condition leading to the best yield of are –

The reaction condition leading to the best yield of are

Explain preparation of Haloalkanes from Hydrocarbons by free radical halogenation: (From Alkane)

For the reaction
The correct statement is

We are given with the reaction

Write the mechanism for the following reaction:

From each of the following pairs select the compound that will react faster with sodium iodide in acetone:
2-chloropropane or 2-bromopropane
1-bromobutane and 2-bromobutane

Identify A in the following reaction :

Finkelstein reaction is used for the synthesis of

Which one of the following molecules gives four isomeric monochlorides on photochemical chlorination?

Which reaction produces alkyl halides?

What happens when ethyl chloride is treated with ?

reacts with gives . What was its mechanism.

Explain Markovnikov's addition reaction of hydrogen halide to unsymmetrical alkene like pent-2-ene.


The major product of the following synthetic reactions is
