chlorine reacts with saturated hydrocarbons at room temperature in the

Chlorine reacts with saturated hydrocarbons at room temperature in the ?

(a) absence of sunlight (b) presence of sunlight (c) presence of water (d) presence of hydrochloric acid

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Friday, 27 November 2020 10:02 AM

Answer :

B :

Chlorine reacts with saturated hydrocarbon at room temperature in the presence of sunlight.

\underset{Hydrocarbon}{R - H} + \underset{Chlorine}{C l_{2}} \overset{h v}{\to} R - C l + H C l (- R si any alkyl group i.e., - C H_{3}, - C_{2} H_{5}, etc .)