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Explain why: 1. the dipole moment of chiorobenzene is lower than that of cyclohexyl chloride? 2. alkyl halides though polar, are immiscible with water? 3. Gringard reagents should be prepared under anhydrous conditions? |
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Answer» 1. Chlorobenzene is stabilised by resonance and there is negative charge on ‘Cl’ in 3 out of 5 resonating structures, therefore it has a lower dipole moment than cyclohexyl chloride in which there is no such negative charge. 2. Alkyl halides cannot form H-bond with water and cannot break H-bonds between water molecules, therefore they are insoluble in water. 3. Grignard reagents react with H2O to form alkanes, therefore they are prepared under anhydrous conditions. |
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