What is a haloalkane?

Complete the sentences:
Halogens are generally much more _______________ than carbon, so the carbon-halogen bond is _________. The δ+ carbon is ___________-deficient. This means it can be attacked by a ________________ (an electron-pair donor)

Give 3 examples of nucleophiles

Haloalkanes can react with nucleophiles. What is the name of this reaction?

What happens in a nucleophilic substitution reaction?

Give the general symbol equation for nucleophilic substitution

Draw the mechanism for nucleophilic substitution reaction between C₂H₅X and a nucleophile

What happens in hydrolysis reactions?

Haloalkanes can be hydrolysed to make...

What are two ways in which haloalkanes can be hydrolysed to produce alcohols?

Describe the method of hydrolysing haloalkanes with aqueous alkali, including the reactants and the type of reaction

Give a general equation for the hydrolysis of haloalkanes with aqueous alkali

TRUE OR FALSE:
Hydrolysis with water is a slower reaction than the one with warm aqueous alkali

Why is hydrolysis with water slower than with warm aqueous alkali?

Give a general equation for the hydrolysis of haloalkanes with water

Complete the sentences:
How quickly different haloalkanes are hydrolysed depends on ________ __________, Weaker carbon-halogen bonds break more easily - so they react _________. ________________ have the weakest bonds so they hydrolyse the fastest. _______________ have the strongest bonds, so they're the slowest.

Describe a method to compare the reactivities of different haloalkanes.

Describe a method used to identify unknown haloalkanes