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Ananya Shree

Class 12th
Chemistry
2 years ago

Give reasons for the following :Although alkyl halides are polar in nature but are not soluble in water.

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Muskan Anand

2 years ago

Dipole-dipole attractions exist in alkyl halides, whereas hydrogen bonding and van der Waals force exist in water. Alkyl halides have a hard time breaking those hydrogen bonds, thus they're nearly insoluble in water.

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