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a. Identify the major product formed when 2-cyclohexylchloroethane undergoes a dehydrohalogenation reaction. Name the reagent which is used to carry out the reaction.
b. Why are haloalkanes more reactive towards nucleophilic substitution reactions than haloarenes and vinylic halides?
Answer:
a. The major product formed when 2-cyclohexylchloroethane undergoes dehydrohalogenation reaction is 1- cyclohexylethene. The reagent which is used to carry out the reaction is ethanolic KOH. (1+1)
b. Haloalkanes are more reactive than haloarenes and vinylic halides because of the presence of partial double bond character C-X bond in haloarenes and vinylic halides. Hence they do not undergo nucleophilic reactions easily.
