Secondary Alkyl Halide

Secondary Alkyl Halide Definition:

An organohalide in which the alpha (a) position is connected to exactly two alkyl groups.

Secondary Alkyl Halide Explained:

According to the amount of substitution at the carbon to which the halogen is attached, in a primary alkyl halide, the carbon that bears the halogen is directly bonded to one other carbon. In a secondary alkyl halide to two, and in a tertiary alkyl halide to three. The methods used to prepare alkyl halides and the reactions that alkyl halides undergo frequently depend on whether the alkyl halide is primarysecondary, or tertiary.