Assertion: alkane | /r/HasProperty | unreactive
Facets:
value: generally
type: DEGREE
value: chemically
type: MANNER
value: toward free radicals
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: The alkanes are rather unreactive and do not combine readily with other substances.
text: By virtue of their strongly C–H bonds (~100 kcal/mol) and C–C bonds (~90 kcal/mol, but usually less sterically accessible), they are also relatively unreactive toward free radicals, although many electron-deficient radicals will react with alkanes in the absence of other electron-rich bonds (see below).
text: Also, alkanes are generally unreactive chemically or biologically, and do not undergo functional group interconversions cleanly.