vinylic halide
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A vinylic halide is an organic compound containing at least one halogen atom bonded to a carbon atom that is part of a carbon-carbon double bond. These compounds differ from alkyl halides in their reactivity, being generally unreactive towards nucleophilic substitution but capable of undergoing elimination reactions.12
Vinylic halides can be prepared through methods such as the dehydrohalogenation of dihalides or the addition of hydrogen halides to alkynes. A significant industrial example is vinyl chloride, a gas used primarily in the production of polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Other vinylic halides, like tetrafluoroethylene, are monomers for important polymers such as polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE).345
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organohalogen compoundThey are subdivided into alkyl, vinylic, aryl, and acyl halides. In alkyl halides (also called haloalkanes) all four bonds to the carbon that bears the halogen are single bonds; in vinylic halides the carbon that bears the halogen is doubly bonded to another carbon; in aryl halides (also called haloarenes)…
Read MoreThey are subdivided into alkyl, vinylic, aryl, and acyl halides. In alkyl halides (also called haloalkanes) all four bonds to the carbon that bears the halogen are single bonds; in vinylic halides the carbon that bears the halogen is doubly bonded to another carbon; in aryl halides (also called haloarenes)…
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Vinylic chlorides and bromides constitute a diverse class of marine natural products. For example, the following compounds have all been isolated from the volatile oil of Chondrococcus hornemanni, a red seaweed found in the Pacific Ocean. (In line formulas such as…
Read MoreVinylic chlorides and bromides constitute a diverse class of marine natural products. For example, the following compounds have all been isolated from the volatile oil of Chondrococcus hornemanni, a red seaweed found in the Pacific Ocean. (In line formulas such as…
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