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What is the name of the halogenoalkane above?

3-iodo-2-chlorobutane

2-chloro-3-iodobutane

3-chloro-2-iodobutane

2-iodo-3-chlorobutane

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What causes the carbon-halogen bond in halogenoalkanes to be polar?

carbon has a higher electronegativity than halogens

carbon and halogens have equal electronegativity

halogens have a higher electronegativity than carbon

the bond is non-polar

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Hydrolysis of a halogenoalkane forms which products?

an alcohol and a halogen

an alkene and a halogen

an alkene and a hydrogen halide

an alcohol and a hydrogen halide

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Which factor determines the reactivity of halogenoalkanes?

the electronegativity of the halogen

the bond enthalpy of the carbon-halogen bond

the polarity of the molecule

the size of the alkyl group

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Which halogenoalkane has the strongest carbon-halogen bond?

chloroalkane

iodoalkane

fluoroalkane

bromoalkane

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In the experiment to compare halogenoalkane reactivity, which halogenoalkane generally forms a precipitate the quickest?

bromoalkane

they all form precipitates at the same rate

chloroalkane

iodoalkane

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What colour precipitate is formed when silver nitrate reacts with the products of a bromoalkane hydrolysis?

cream

white

yellow

orange

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What is the correct name for the compound CH₃CHClCH₃?

2-chloropropane

1-chloropropane

chloroethane

chloropropane

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Which of the following is a secondary halogenoalkane?

(CH₃)₃CBr

CH₃CHBrCH₃

CH₃CH₂I

CH₃CH₂CH₂Cl

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What happens to the electrostatic attraction between bonding electrons and nuclei down group 7?

it decreases

it remains the same

it depends on the alkyl group

it increases

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Halogenoalkanes with one substituted halogen atom bonded to a carbon atom connected to only one alkyl group are called halogenoalkanes.

primary

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The of a halogenoalkane is a reaction where the carbon-halogen bond breaks in the presence of water, forming an alcohol and a hydrogen halide.

hydrolysis

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Explain why the rate of hydrolysis in halogenoalkanes increases down group 7.

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In which type of halogenoalkane is the halogen bonded to a carbon atom connected to three alkyl groups?

tertiary

quaternary

primary

secondary

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