Chemistry 9701 · AS & A Level · Halogen compounds

Halogen compounds — practice question

Q is a halogenoalkane that is either primary or tertiary. It is hydrolysed by aqueous sodium hydroxide. In the first stage of the mechanism for this reaction, two species react with each other. Which row is correct?

  • Aprimary halogenoalkane; electrophile
  • Bprimary halogenoalkane; nucleophile
  • Ctertiary halogenoalkane; electrophile
  • Dtertiary halogenoalkane; nucleophile

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