Hydrolysis of halogenoalkanes

IB Chemistry: Hydrolysis of halogenoalkanes

The study of the nucleophilic substitution reactions of halogenoalkanes cuts right across the Core and the Additional Higher Level material on the syllabus. In sub-topic 10.2 Standard Level students need to be able to describe with equations the substitution reactions of halogenoalkanes with aqueous sodium hydroxide and they also need to understand what a nucleophile is and the concept of nucleophilic substitution. In...


