Understanding Differences Between Haloalkanes and Haloarenes Haloalkanes and Haloarenes: An Overview Halogen atoms appear in two essential families of organic compounds: haloalkanes and haloarenes. An alkane, or saturated hydrocarbon, becomes a haloalkane if one or more hydrogen atoms swap for halogen atoms, such as iodine, fluorine, chlorine, or bromine. R-X, where X is the halogen […]