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Answer by Nilay Ghosh for Why does the Wurtz-Fittig reaction occur?
The reaction follow either or both of following mechanism:Organo-Alkali Mechanism: When the aryl halide is reacted with sodium metal, an intermediate organo-alkali compound is formed, which is followed...
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It is a question of randomization. Let's imagine that a moles of ArX reacts with b moles of RX. If the aryl halide Ar-X and alkyl halide R-X are reacting with about the same speed, the reaction...
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In the Wurtz-Fittig reaction, an aryl halide and an alkyl halide react with sodium in the presence of dry ether to give R-Ar as the major product. Why is the coupling of R and Ar favoured? In other...
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