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Iodination of alkane carried out in the presence of oxidising agent why? |
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Answer» Iodination of an alkane is carried out in the PRESENCE of oxidizing AGENT because <STRONG>one of the PRODUCTS of this reaction is hydrogen iodide and this is a strong reducing agent and converts alkyl iodide back to an alkane. Therefore to counter this difficulty, the iodination of alkanes are carried out in the presence of a strong oxidizing agent like IODIC acid which oxidizes the hydrogen iodide formed. |
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