Question

Methane react with excess of chlorine in diffused sunlight to give the final product as ?

• A. Chloroform
• B. Carbon tetrachloride
• C. Methylene chloride
• D. Methyl chloride

Answer 1

The correct option is B Carbon tetrachloride

Methane reacts with excess of chlorine in presence sunlight to form chloromethane,dichloromethane,trichloromethane and tetrachloromethane respectively.So the final product is tetrachloromethane($CC{l}_4$).

Hence option B is correct.