Alkyl Halides Alkyl halides are not often involved in the biochemical pathways of terrestrial organisms The kinds of reactions they undergo-nucleophilic substitutions and eliminations -are frequently involved Alkyl halide chemistry acts as a relatively simple model for many mechanistically similar but structurally more complex reactions found in biomoleculesAlkyl halides are not often involved in the biochemical pathways of terrestrial organisms ▪ The kinds of reactions they undergo – nucleophilic substitutions and eliminations – are frequently involved ▪ Alkyl halide chemistry acts as a relatively simple model for many mechanistically similar but structurally more complex reactions found in biomolecules Alkyl Halides