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Hello..... Why is wurtz reaction not preffered for preparation of alkanes contaning odd number of carbon atoms ? Illustrate your answer by taking one example . Reply as fast as possible …..

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    Why is wurtz reaction not preffered for preparation of alkanes contaning odd number of carbon atoms ? Illustrate your answer by taking one example .   
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Keerthana
36 Points
7 years ago
Hello!.. it is bcoz two same alkyl halides are used in wurtz reaction & their combination gives only even number of carbon atoms in the alkane

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