Halocarbons

are a group of compounds which are typically produced artificially for industrial purposes.
They are significant because they are powerful greenhouse gases.

Chemical Properties
Halocarbons

are carbon compounds combined with halogens. Sub-groups of halocarbons are chlorofluorocarbons, hydrofluorocarbons, and hydrochlrofluorocarbons. Halocarbons are non-flammable and non-toxic.

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all halocarbons are manmade and change physical properties easily.

are odorless.

They Most

of them are very stable and resist breakdown.

CHEMICAL FAMILIES

Halocarbons are typically classified in the same ways as the similarly structured organic compounds that have hydrogen atoms occupying the molecular sites of the halogen atoms in halocarbons. Among the chemical families are:

haloalkanes

haloalkenes
haloaromatics

The halogen atoms in halocarbon molecules are often called "substituent," as though those atoms had been substituted for hydrogen atoms.
However halocarbons are prepared in many ways that do not involve direct substitution of halogens for hydrogens.

NAMING HALOCARBONS
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Halocarbons are produced by the substitution of a halogen (Family VIIA) for hydrogen in the hydrocarbon chain;
Cl = chloro I = Iodo Br = bromo F = Fluoro

as well as

NO2= nitro

NH2= amino

*Remember: The halocarbon is treated as a substituent

IUPAC NAMING OF HALOCARBONS

The following are the rules for naming simple halocarbons:

Find the longest chain of continuous carbons. 2. Number the carbon atoms, beginning with the end closest to the halogen. 3. Place the position numbers of the halogens in front of the name. 4. A hyphen goes between the numbers and name. 5. If more than one halogen is present in a halocarbon, place prefixes in alphabetical order.
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Example:

First find the longest chain Next, number the carbons starting closest to the halogen The halogen prefixes must be in alphabetical order Put the carbon number in front of the halogen prefixes:

3,5-dibromo-4-chlorooctane

Name the longest chain Number the carbons starting with the end closest to the halogen Place the lowest touching carbon number of the triple bond in front of the name Place the prefix of the halogen in front of the name Place the carbon number of the halogen in front of the prefix:

1-chloro-1-butyne

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