HaloAlkanes
- Chlorine and Bromine react with alkanes in the prescence of UV light
- In these reactions, a hydrogen atom from the alkane is substituted (replaced) by chlorine or bromine.
- This is called a substitution reaction
- This is how bromine and methane react together to from bromomethane
methane + bromine > bromomethane + hydrogen bromide
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