What are vicinal dihalides? Give examples.
(N/A) Vicinal dihalides are compounds in which two halogen atoms are attached to adjacent (neighboring) carbon atoms in the carbon chain.
Examples include:
$1$. $1,2-dibromopropane$ $(CH_3-CHBr-CH_2Br)$
$2$. $1,2-dichloroethane$ $(CH_2Cl-CH_2Cl)$
Examples include:
$1$. $1,2-dibromopropane$ $(CH_3-CHBr-CH_2Br)$
$2$. $1,2-dichloroethane$ $(CH_2Cl-CH_2Cl)$
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