The answer to the HI/HF problem

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According to this ochem website, HI is the most reactive and HF the LEAST. This is talking about HX addition to an alkene.

<a href="http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/4433/131A/ADDNRXN.HTM" target="_blank">http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/4433/131A/ADDNRXN.HTM</a>
 
Did the actual question ask about the reactivity towards an alkene? If it did, we would have come to an agreement on this issue a long time ago. Oh well. Back to the endocrine sys.

-Esoteric