Both methane and ethane may be obtained by suitable one step reaction from :

ethyl iodide

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methyl iodide

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propyl iodide

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acetaldehyde

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Solution

The correct option is B methyl iodide

$C H_{3} I$ + $H_{2} \to C H_{4} + H I$
Catalytic reduction of methyl iodide produces methane.

$C H_{3} I + N a + I C H_{3} D r y e t h e r - ----- \to C H_{3} C H_{3} + 2 N a I$
Methyl iodide on Wurtz reaction produces ethane

Option B is correct.

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