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Alkrxns PDF
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Combustion
Complete combustion:
Incomplete combustion:
1
Halogenation A substitution reaction, where hydrogen
is replaced by Cl or Br.
Overall:
heat or UV
CH4 + Cl2 ---------------> CH3Cl + CH2Cl2 + CHCl3
+ CCl4 + HCl
2
This mechanism involves a chain reaction. A chain
reaction involves a series of steps in which a product
formed in a later step is a reactant in an earlier step.
Initiation-
heat +
Cl Cl Cl Cl
or UV
Propagation-
Cl + H CH3 Cl H + CH3
Cl Cl + CH3 Cl Cl CH3
Termination-
Cl + Cl Cl Cl
Cl + CH3 Cl CH3
3
Ultraviolet Radiation from the Sun and Depletion of the
Stratospheric Ozone Layer
short UV
O O O + O
O O + O O O O
longer UV
O O O O O + O
4
Chlorofluorocarbons, CFC's, (Freon-12, CF2Cl2, for
example) are used a refrigerants, cleaning agents and
aerosol can propellants. These man-made compounds
are not biodegradable; microorganisms are not able to
decompose them. Consequently, these materials stay in
the atmosphere a long time and are carried into the
stratosphere.
UV
CF2Cl2 CF2Cl + Cl initiation
Cl + O O O
Cl O + O O
Cl O + O Cl + O O
from O3 O2 + O
propagation
5
Formation of Amino Acids from Methane
The Miller-Urey Experiment