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Grade 12th passOrganic Chemistry

The synthesis of alkyl fluorides is best accomplished by
(a) Finkelstein reaction
(b) Swart’s reaction
(c) free radical fluorination
(d) Sandmeyer’s reaction.

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5 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Pawan Prajapati
5 Years ago
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Alkyl fluorides are more conveniently prepared indirectly by heating suitable chloro or bromoalkanes with inorganic fluorides.
CH3Br + AgF → CH3F + AgBr
This reaction is called Swart’s reaction.
Hence option (b) is the answer.


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