Mark the appropriate reagent used to distinguish vicinal and geminal dihalides.:

1. KOH (aq.) 2. KOH(alc.)
3. Zn dust 4. None of these
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Wurtz reaction is not preferred for the preparation of alkanes containing an odd number of carbon atoms because:

1. Boiling points of alkanes obtained in the mixture are very close.
2. Melting points of alkanes obtained in the mixture are very close.
3. Lattice energy of alkanes obtained in the mixture are very close.
4. None of the above.
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What is the major product (A) in the following reaction?

1.  2.
3. 4.
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   Product:
The product of the above mentioned reaction is:

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. None of the above

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Case Study
A halogen is more electronegative than carbon. Consequently, the two atoms do not share their bonding electrons equally, because a partial negative charge is formed on halogen and a partial positive charge on the carbon to which it is bonded. It is the polar-carbon halogen bond that causes alkyl halides to undergo substitution reactions. 
There are two important mechanisms for the substitution reaction: 
1. SN1: The carbon-halogen bond breaks heterolytically without any assistance from the nucleophile, forming a carbocation. The carbocation- an electrophile-then reacts with the nucleophile to form the substitution product 
2. SN2: A nucleophile is attracted to the partially positively charged carbon (an electrophile).As the nucleophile approaches the carbon and forms a new bond, the carbon-halogen bond breaks heterolytically (the halogen takes both of the bonding electrons)

Based on the above, given the following reaction.


Compound 'A', in the above reaction, is 
1. 
2. \(CH_2 = CH -CH_2-OH\)
3. \(~~~~~~~~~~~~~OH \\ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|\\ CH_2 = C -CH_3\)
4. \(~~~~~~~~~~~~~~O \\ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~||\\ CH_3 = C -CH_3\)
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