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Sources and uses of alkyl halides?

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There are a few naturally occurring alkyl halides which can be extracted from Crude Oil, but most are synthetically created.

There is a very detailed article on these compounds on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkyl_halide

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