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Conversion of CH4 to CH3Cl is an example of which of the following reaction?


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Electrophilic substitution

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Free radical addition

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Free radical addition

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Free radical substituion

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Solution

The correct option is D

Free radical substituion


When methane gas is treated with chlorine in the presence of sunlight, onE hydrogen of methane is replaced by the chlorine atom and forms methyl chloride.

The mechanism involved in this reaction is the free radical mechanism.

So it is an example of free radical substitution reaction.


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