R3.4 Electron-pair sharing reactions

What happens when reactants share their electron pairs with others?Because they undergo nucleophilic substitution reactions it is often stated:“Halogenoalkanes are more reactive than alkanes.”A rather nice Nature of Science exercise might be to get your students to question the validity of this statement. Is it a valid statement that is always true?It is certainly true that alkanes undergo very few different types...

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