Initiation

Abstract

1. explain why the radical halogenation of alkanes is not usually a particularly good method of preparing pure samples of alkyl halides. 2. use \(\ce{\sf{C–H}}\) bond energies to account for the fact that in radical chlorinations, the reactivity of hydrogen atoms decreases in the order \[\text{tertiary} > \text{secondary} > \text{primary}.\] 3. predict the approximate ratio of the expected products from the monochlorination of a given alkane.