Answer to Question #142611 in Organic Chemistry for Fletcher Madden

Question

write short notes on the following:

(i) Electrophilic addition reaction
(ii) Free radical reaction

Answer 1

(i) Electrophilic addition reaction

The reaction of an alkene or alkyne with an electrophile is an electrophilic addition reaction. This reaction is a type of reaction in which an electrophile attacks at the double or triple bond of a C-C bond to form the addition product. Unsaturated compoubds are more reactive than Saturated ones. Hence, they usually undergo addition reactions in which the weak pi bond is broken and the addition of new groups across the carbon-carbon double/triple bond forms a saturated compound.

(Ii) Free radical reaction

A radical reaction is any chemical reaction involving free radicals.

In organic free radical reactions, the radicals in the reaction are often generated from radical initiators such as peroxides. There are many types of radical reactions which include free radical substitution, free radical addition, electron transfer reactions, etc.