The reactions of alkanes are explosive with which halogen?

Step-by-step solution

The reaction of alkanes with fluorine is difficult to control bacause the activation energy for hydrogen abstraction is so low. The initiation step involves the homolytic cleavage of the F − F bond. F − F → F     . + F     .         ;     E a = + 155 k J / m o l   This is a high activation energy. But only a few F atoms need to form. Each F atom can then initiate thousands of propagation steps. C H 4 + F   &#x20