Chemistry A-Level
Bond strength and reactivity down Group 7
What Bond strength and reactivity down Group 7 means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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The rate of hydrolysis increases down Group 7 because the carbon–halogen bond becomes weaker and easier to break, so iodoalkanes hydrolyse fastest and fluoroalkanes slowest.
Topics that use Bond strength and reactivity down Group 7
- Haloalkanes (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Carbon–halogen bond enthalpy
- catalytic cycle
- Curly arrow conventions
- Electron-deficient carbon in haloalkanes
- Formation of alcohols from haloalkanes
- Homolytic fission
- Hydrolysis of haloalkanes
- Hydrolysis of primary haloalkanes
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