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I got a project today, and need to present tomorrow. My title is : "The effect of intermediate stability on the final products of hydrohalogenation reaction of alkenes and dehydrohalogenation of haloalkanes"
I dont have any ideas about this. Please bring me a starter

Hello zaidulariff,

That's quite a project title! Is this for a high school science project?

I'm not sure of the question that you're asking but hydrohalogenation of alkenes is well-known and you should be able to find numerous references in addition to the links I've included below. Depending on reaction conditions the intermediate can be a carbocation or a free radical. The type of intermediate determines where the halogen will add to the alkene.

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/sciences/che ... logenation

http://leah4sci.com/hydrohalogenation-o ... mechanism/

http://www.mhhe.com/physsci/chemistry/c ... ation.html


I hope this helps. Please post again if you have more questions.

A. Norman