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A choking pungent odour is obtained when methane reacts with ___ in the presence of sunlight.

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Chlorine replaces hydrogen in methane very quickly in the presence of sunlight to give chloromethane. This type of reaction is called substitution reaction.
$C H_{4} + C l_{2} \to C H_{3} C l + H C l$ (in the presence of sunlight)
HCl has a pungent odour

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