WHY CAN WURTZ REACTION NOT BE USED TO PREPARE ALKANES CONTAINING ODD NUMBER OF CARBON ATOMS - Chemistry - Hydrocarbons

Question

WHY CAN WURTZ REACTION NOT BE USED TO PREPARE ALKANES CONTAINING
ODD NUMBER OF CARBON ATOMS

Pankaj Singh · Accepted Answer

Wurtz reaction
cannot be used for the preparation of alkanes of odd number
carbon

Because
alkanes which are produced in the reaction have double number of
carbon atoms to the alkyl halide
taken

and if two
dissimilar alkyl halides are taken as the reactants, then a mixture
of alkanes is obtained as the
product