Chapter 9: Haloalkanes and Haloarenes
Important Questions
1. Write the IUPAC name of the following compound: CH2 = CHCH2Br.
2. 
3. Write the IUPAC name of the following compound
4. Write the IUPAC name of (CH3)2CHCH(Cl)CH3.
5. Draw the structure of major monohalo product in each of the following reactions:
Sample Questions
1. Which would undergo SN2 reaction faster in the following pair and why?
2. Write a chemical reaction in which the iodide ion replaces the diazonium group in a diazonium salt.
3. Out of chlorobenzene and benzylchloride, which one gets easily hydrolysed by aqueous NaOH and why?
4. (i) Which alkyl halide from the following pair is chiral and undergoes faster SN2 reaction?
(ii) Out of SN1 and SN2, which reaction occurs with
(a) Inversion of configuration
(b) Racemisation
5. Explain as to why haloarenes are much less reactive than haloalkanes towards nucleophilic substitution reactions.
Or
Which compound in each of the following pairs
will react faster in SN2 reaction with –OH? Why?
(i) CH3Br or CH3I
(ii) (CH3)3CCl or CH3Cl