Halogenation of alkenes is one of the iconic reactions of these compounds and of the the first truly tricky ones most students typically encounter in their organic chemistry course. In this video, I'm going over the intricacies of this reaction.

00:00 What is the halogenation of alkenes?
01:14 Mechanism details
04:30 Example
09:46 Reaction with interhalides
13:28 Another example
14:58 trans and cis Stilbene halogenation
16:08 Example giving diastereomers
17:27 TRAP!!!


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