INDEX FOR THIS PAGE Nomenclature of Alkyl Halides Nature of the
C-X Bond Halogenation of Alkanes Mechanism of Halogenation
Energetics of Halogenation Regioselectivity of Bromination
Regioselectivity of Chlorination Compared to Bromination
Resonance Stabilization of the Allyl Radical NOMENCLATURE OF
ALKYL HALIDES - Essentially, the naming of alkyl halides is not
different from the naming of alkanes. The halogen atoms are
treated as substituents on the main chain, just as an alkyl
group, and have no special priority over - The name of a
chlorine substituent is "chloro", that of a bromine substituent
"bromo" and so on. - You sould practice naming a variety of
haloalkanes. POLARITY AND STRENGTH OF THE - Carbon-halogen bonds
are very substantially polar covalent, with carbon as the
positive and halogen as the negative end of the dipole.
Conosequently, the carbon attached to the halogen is
electrophilic. We shall see in the next chapter how nucleophiles
react at the carbon of an - The carbon-fluorine bond is the st