Organic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
12th Edition
ISBN: 9781118875766
Author: T. W. Graham Solomons, Craig B. Fryhle, Scott A. Snyder
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 10, Problem 18P
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The mechanism for the given radical halogenation reaction is to be written.

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A free radical halogenation reaction is a type of reaction in which the replacement of hydrogen atom with a bromine atom in the moleculetakes place in the presence of UV light. It is a type of a halogenation reaction.

Molecules that have one unpaired electron are called free radicals.

A chemical reaction in the presence of a free radical is called a free radical reaction.

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