What is the substitution reaction? Write the reaction of chlorine with methane?

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In substitution reaction, one functional group in reactant molecule is replaced by another functional group.
The reaction of chlorine with methane:
Hydrogen atoms of methane are successively replaced with chlorine atoms in presence of sunlight ( or in dark at high temperature ( $250 - 400^{o} C$ )).
$C H_{4} Methane C l_{2} - ---- \to - HCl C H_{3} - C l methyl chloride C l_{2} - ---- \to - HCl C H_{2} C l_{2} Methylene chloride C l_{2} - ---- \to - HCl C H C l_{3} Chloroform C l_{2} - ---- \to - HCl C C l_{4} carbon tetrachloride$

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