CHEM&219 UNIT 4 EXAMINATION

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1. Examples of how organohalide compounds are used by humans - ✔✔- have been found in marine life (algae, mollusks, sponges, etc.), bc they metabolize the high concentrations of inorganic chlori... des and bromides that are found in the seas. - Industrially, organohalides find uses as solvents, insecticides, herbicides, cleaning fluids, fire retardants, and refrigerants, among others. - In medicinal use, many organohalides are used as inhaled anesthetics and disinfectants. - The compound known as Teflon is a polymer that finds many uses as a lubricant and in non-stick applications such as cookware. Teflon is a polymer containing carbon-fluorine bonds instead of carbon-hydrogen bonds, as are seen in a typical organic molecule. 2. What is the primary reason halogen-containing compounds are important in organic chemistry? - ✔✔Their reactivity 3. They can be used as starting materials in the synthesis of larger and more complex organic molecules because of the variety of reactions that can occur in an organohalide molecule. 4. What are two of the most important reaction types typical of organohalides? - ✔✔Substitution reaction (nucleophilic substitution reaction) 5. Substitution reaction - ✔✔Replacing the halogen atom in a molecule with another atom or functional group [Show More]

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