Organic Compounds Containing Halogens

Halogenated/ Organohalogen Compounds

A halogenated compound can be defined as a compound that has halogen such as fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine linked to it. Many organic compounds contain halogens in their molecule structure. The halogenated compounds can easily contaminate the water, soil and air as well as plants and animals and can also harm the ozone layer. […]

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Halogen Compounds

When halogens react with one another, interhalogen compounds are formed. Some specific halogens perform numerous regulatory roles in human beings, while others are not fundamental. Halogens tend to be nonmetals. At room temperature, chlorine and fluorine, in many instances, are fumes, bromine is fluid and Iodine, that’ll be astatine, can be solid.  Halogens are reactive;

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Halogen Atoms Along the Chain of Carbon Atoms

In the periodic table, the halogen atom is positioned in the 17th group of the periodic table. The halogen elements shown in this group are Fluorine, Chlorine, Bromine, Iodine, Tennessine, and Astatine. Now, these particular elements are used as atoms in a chain of carbon atoms or, that is, what we call carbon compounds containing

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Halogen Addition

Halogen addition is a simple organic reaction in which a halogen molecule is added to functional alkenes. Normally it gives rise to vicinal halides as a product. This is an electrophilic addition reaction, which should not be confused with halogenations. Robert Kimball prepared this concept of halogen addition (1937). The basic idea behind this is,

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Haloform Reaction

The haloform reaction is a chemical reaction in which a haloform (CHX3, where X is a halogen) is formed by exhaustive halogenation of a methyl ketone in the presence of a base (RCOCH3, where R may be either a hydrogen atom, an alkyl or an aryl group). The procedure may result in the formation of

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Halides of Group 14

Halides include two elements, of which one element is a metal and the other may be a halogen compound. For example, some of group-14 halides are CCl4, SiCl4, SiBr4, similierly in this article, we will learn about more details about halides of group 14. The group 14 is also known as the Carbon family. They

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Halides

Introduction to Halides  Halides are compounds whose one part is made of halogens X (F, Cl, Br, I), and the other part constitutes an element or a radical that is less electronegative than the halogen.  The bonds between the halogen and the other element can either be covalent or ionic (in metal halides). There are

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Grignard Reagent

The organomagnesium halides are referred to as Grignard reagents. Grignard Reagent is a chemical compound with the formula R−Mg−X, where X is a halogen and R is an organic group, usually an alkyl or aryl. Grignard reagents are mainly formed by reacting an aryl halide or an alkyl halide with magnesium. Simple examples of Grignard

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Diborane (B2H6)

The compound Diborane, has the formula B2H6 formed from boron and hydrogen. Diborane has a repulsively sweet odour and is colourless and pyrophoric. Boron hydride, diboron hexahydride, and bromoethane are all synonyms. Diborane may be an essential boron compound with a spread of applications. Diborane has an interesting electronic configuration and is popularly known for

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Detection of Nitrogen, Sulfur, Phosphorus and Halogens

Introduction Detecting the elements contained in organic compounds is an important step in their analysis. All organic compounds contain carbon. Hydrogen is also found in most organic compounds (with a few exceptions, compounds such as CCl4 and CS2). In addition to carbon and hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur and halogens are other elements commonly found in

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