Answer to Question #102942 in Organic Chemistry for sakshi

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Question #102942

Alkyl halides are more reactive than alkanes. Explain the reason

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Alkyl halides are more reactive than alkanes because they are much more polar than alkanes. Alkanes are very inert due to their low polarity.

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