Chemistry A-Level
Halogenation products and equations
What Halogenation products and equations means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Halogenation products and equations
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Reference: OCR
Benzene plus the halogen forms a halogenobenzene such as bromobenzene plus hydrogen halide, shown in the overall equation.
Topics that use Halogenation products and equations
- Aromatic compounds (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Activating and 2,4-directing effect of the –OH group
- Bond lengths in benzene
- Carbon–carbon bond formation in synthesis
- Comparison with carboxylic acids and the carbonate test
- Delocalised π system and electron density
- Delocalised π system in benzene
- Directing effects
- Directing effects of OH, NH₂ and NO₂
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