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Alkanes common mistakes
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common mistakes
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Alkanes
AqaA LevelChemistryOrganic chemistry
Common mistakes
Confusing chlorination with other reactions
Students often confuse chlorination with addition reactions.
Fix itRemember that chlorination is a substitution reaction where hydrogen atoms are replaced by chlorine atoms.
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