what are vicnal di halides Share with your friends Share 0 Jahirul Mazumder answered this Please refer the link below: https://www.meritnation.com/ask-answer/question/what-do-you-meant-by-vic-di-halides/haloalkanes-and-haloarenes/5604348 -1 View Full Answer Ap answered this Vicinal dihalides, compounds that have halogens on adjacent carbons, are prepared by the reaction between a halogen and an alkene. The simplest example is the reaction between ethylene and chlorine to give 1,2-dichloroethane (ethylene dichloride) 3