HALOALKANES

=What are Haloalkanes?= Haloalkanes are organic compounds with halogen atoms attached. Halogens are the atoms in group 17 (F, Cl, Br, I) and bond to carbon atoms with a single bond. [image:http://i.imgur.com/fxUPnOm.gif] =Naming Haloalkanes= Haloalkanes are named similarly to branched alkanes. The suffix is still -ane. However because the branches are now halogen atoms, we must use special prefixes to describe each atom in group 17. F = Fluoro- Cl = Chloro- Br = Bromo- I = Iodo- Remember to number the position of the halogen atom! The example above is named 1-chlorobutane. The example below is named 1,2-dichlorobutane. [image:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/1,2-Dichlorbutan.png]