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What happend when odd no of carbon atom are taken in wurtz reaction???

What happend when odd no of carbon atom are taken in wurtz reaction???

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Ateeb Ali
21 Points
6 years ago
for the prepration of alkanes containg odd no. of carbon atoms two different alkyl halides are taken and it woll give the mixture of both sym and umsym alkanes. Therefore wurtz reaction is not suitable for the preparation of unsym alkanes.
 
Arun
25750 Points
6 years ago
Wurtz reaction cannot be used for the preparation of alkanes of odd number carbon. Because alkanes which are produced in the reaction have a double number of carbon atoms to the alkyl halides taken. And if two dissimilar alkyl halides are taken as the reactants, then a mixture of alkanes is obtained as the product.For the preparation of alkanes containing an odd number of carbon atoms, two different alkyl halides are taken and two different alkyl halides can react in three different ways. Therefore, a mixture of alkanes is produced.

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