CHAPTER TEN

Alkyl Halides

Learning Objectives: Be able to use these reactions in synthesis problems, to provide mechanisms for each reaction, and to predict the missing product, reagent, or starting material for these reactions.

 

Nomenclature

10.2, 10.16, 10.21

Radicals: mechanism, stability, and reactivity

Resonance Structures

Preparation of Alkyl Halides

Grignard Reagents and cuprates

Oxidation States

Synthesis