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Offline jwlaurie

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alkyl halides need help
« on: February 24, 2008, 03:58:49 PM »
I need help with this what I need is the general formula for alkyl halides
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Re: alkyl halides need help
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2008, 04:20:58 PM »
The general formula for any unsaturated hydrocarbon (alkane) is CnH2n+2.  In an alkyl halide, a halogen atom takes the place of one (or more) of the hydrogens.  Therefore, for an alkyl halide with a single halogen substituent, the general formula will be:

CnH2n+1X

where X is the particular halide.  This formula holds for unsaturated alkyl halides only.
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Re: alkyl halides need help
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2008, 04:38:28 PM »
Thank you
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