Sunday, May 13, 2018

reactivity - Why is chlorine and not fluorine labelled as the most reactive halogen for halogenation?


The reactivity of halogenation in sunlight is as follows:



$$\ce{F2}>\ce{Cl2}>\ce{Br2}>\ce{I2}$$


So why does we often label chlorine as most reactive halogen towards halogenation reaction?




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