Haloalkanes nbsp-react with KNO2 to form alkyl nitrides as their major product while AgNo2 nbsp-form nitroalkane nbsp-as the chief nbsp-product-Explain

As KNO2 is an ionic compound with nbsp;KNO2 nbsp;the nbsp;chloroalkane nbsp;forms an ionic compound and AgNO2 is a covalent compound and with nbsp;AgN ...

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Standard XII

Chemistry

Anomalous Behaviour of Fluorine

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Haloalkanes react with KNO2 to form alkyl nitrides as their major product while AgNo2 form nitroalkane as the chief product.Explain

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As KNO₂ is an ionic compound with KNO₂ the chloroalkane forms an ionic compound and AgNO₂ is a covalent compound and with AgNO₂ it forms a covalent compound. For ex the reaction of chloroethane
$C_{2} H_{5} C l + K N O_{2} \to C_{2} H_{5} - O - N O + K C l C_{2} H_{5} C l + A g N O_{2} \to C_{2} H_{5} - N O_{2} + K C l$

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Haloalkanes react with KNO2 to form alkyl nitrides as their major product while AgNo2 form nitroalkane as the chief product.Explain

As KNO2 is an ionic compound with KNO2 the chloroalkane forms an ionic compound and AgNO2 is a covalent compound and with AgNO2 it forms a covalent compound. For ex the reaction of chloroethane C2H5Cl + KNO2 → C2H5-O-NO + KClC2H5Cl + AgNO2 → C2H5-NO2 + KCl