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Haloalkanes and Haloarenes |
Haloarenes are halogen derivatives of benzene. For example, C6H5Cl is chloro benzene. Haloalkanes are the halogen deivatives of hydrocarbons. These are of the following types depending upon the number of hydrogen atoms present in them.
Monohalides are the monohalogen derivatives of alkanes having a general formula CnH2n+1 X and are known as alkyl halides.
R–X may be of three types:

Monohalides are called haloalkanes, for example, the IUPAC name of C2H5Br is bromoethane. These may show chain, position and optical isomerisms.
Figure 8.1
Dihalides are the di-halogen ...
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