wurtz reaction

what will happen if we take two different alkyl halides in this reaction??

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abhinav datta ·

THERE WILL BE THREE PDTS
BY THE SELF REACTIONS WE GET TWO PDTS & BY CROSS REACTION WE GET 1 PDT

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Saurabh ·

ok thanx abhi

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Aditya ·

Also, the self products will be more dominant than cross products......

But, this reaction is generally not carried out.

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Anirudh Narayanan ·

Why are self products more dominant?

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Aditya ·

Actually this is like a thumb rule in organic chemistry......

U can imagine that if a reaction is carried out with CH3Br and C2H5Br,
u put the CH3Br molecules together and C2H5Br molecules together....
so there is more probability of CH3Br molecules of colliding with each other rather than with C2H5Br molecules and C2H5Br colliding with each other rather than with CH3Br molecules.

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