Description : With hydrocarbons, is chlorine the ONLY atom powerful enough to remove a hydrogen atom from an alkane?
Last Answer : (Disclaimer: I had organic chemistry 10 years ago, so you may want to back this up with some googling) Flourine reacts with alkanes, but it is so reactive it is unpredictable; you don't know ... . It seems like you can get the more powerful acids to react with alkanes under the right conditions.