As a result, the solubility of haloalkanes
in water is low However, haloalkanes tend to dissolve in organic solvents
because the new intermolecular attractions between haloalkanes and
solvent molecules have much the same strength as the ones being broken
in the separate haloalkane and solvent molecules Table 6 3: Density of Some Haloalkanes
Density
Bromo, iodo and polychloro derivatives of hydrocarbons are heavier than
water