Hydrohalogenation

A hydrohalogenation is an addition reaction in which one of the reactants is a hydrogen halide (HF, HCl, HBr, or HI).

eg. 1:

eg. 2:

Overall, hydrohalogenation is the exact opposite of dehydrohalogenation.

Contributors and Attributions

• Gamini Gunawardena from the OChemPal site (Utah Valley University)