At the end of this activity, students should be able to describe the properties of the C-X bond, write equations for the reactions of haloalkanes with bases, ammonia and the cyanide ion, explain the mechanism of SN1 and SN2 nucleophilic substitution reactions, give examples of elimination reactions in haloalkanes and write relevant equations and give examples of the applications of haloalkanes in organic synthesis.

Originally released by Learnetic, 2016.