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Q. With which halogen the reactions of alkanes are explosive?

MHT CETMHT CET 2018Hydrocarbons

Solution:

Reaction of alkanes with fluorine are explosive. This is an explosive process which is difficult to control, so carried out in dark. In this process, replacement of one or more hydrogen of alkane by halogen takes place. For this reaction the order of reactivity of halogen is

$I _{2}< \,Br _{2}< \,Cl _{2}<\, F _{2}$