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Gaseous hydrogen halides and not their aqueous solutions (i.e., hydrohalic acids) are used for the preparation of alkyl halides from alkenes. Why?
Gaseous hydrogen halides are used for the prepartion of alkyl halides from the alkene because dry hydrogen halides are stronger electrophiles than the H3O+ formed in their water solutions. Moreover, H2O being a nucleophile tends to react with R– to form an alcohol.
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