Which medium is more polar water or alcohol?

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Which medium is more polar water or alcohol?

Is elimination or substitution favoured in more polar medium?
What happens when primary halides are treated with
aqueous KOH
alcoholic KOH

2007-02-23 13:10:09 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

4 answers

Aqueous KOH favors substitution reactions...it rarely is basic enough to result in an elimination reaction for primary halides. Alcoholic KOH will allow elimination reactions for most halides.

2007-02-23 13:44:09 · answer #1 · answered by ihatedecaf 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋

It's definitely water. And I have no clue on the second question.

2007-02-23 22:04:18 · answer #2 · answered by gigglegirl156 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋

water

2007-02-23 21:13:26 · answer #3 · answered by Sarah J 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋

good question i think its water, learned this is oceanography

2007-02-23 21:17:24 · answer #4 · answered by G Dogg 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋