Methane is reacted with chlorine in the presence of sunlight to produce chloromethane. What type of reaction is this?

Addition reaction

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Substitution reaction

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Elimination reaction

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Hydrogenation reaction

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Solution

The correct option is B Substitution reaction
$C H_{4} + C l_{2} \to C H_{3} C l + H C l$
Here Chlorine substitutes one hydrogen of methane. Therefore is a substitution reaction.

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Methane reacts with chlorine In the presence of sunlight is $C H_{4} + C l_{2} s u n l i g h t - ---- \to C H_{3} C l + H C l$ ,

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