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At the end of this activity, students should be able to: – understand why alkanes and cycloalkanes are chemically inert – understand the energy profile for the combustion of alkanes – know the conditions leading to homolytic fission of the C–C bond – understand the mechanism of free–radical substitution – know about the influence of the type of halogen on substitution in alkanes – know the basic methods for alkane and cycloalkane synthesis.
