Alkanes

• Reaction of alkane and chlorine

  • Initiation
  • Propagation
  • Propagation
  • Termination
• Nucleophiles in used in nucleophilic substitutions of halogenoalkanes and their conditions

  -OH in aqueous solution under reflux

  -CN in water/ethanol under reflux

  2x NH3 (one as a nucleophile the other as a base) in ethanol with high pressure e.g. closed container
• What is flue gas

  A mixture of gases produced by the burning of fuel or other materials in industrial plants
• Why can sulfur dioxide be removed from flue gases using calcium oxide or calcium carbonate.

  Sulfur dioxide is acidic whilst calcium oxide is basic they react to form a less harmful compound