Chapter 18, Problem 68E

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation: The products of given alkane substitution reaction are to be determined.

Concept Introduction: Substitution reaction is the reaction where an atom is replaced by another atom.

Halogen substitution is the most common substitution reaction.

The general form of halogen substitution reaction is:

$\begin{array}{l}\text{R}-\text{H }+{\text{ X}}_{\text{2}}\stackrel{}{\to }\text{ R}-\text{X }+\text{ H}-\text{X}\\ \text{Alkane Halogen Alkyl halide Hydrogen halide }\end{array}$