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Chlorine free radicals react with methane by :

A donating their free-radical electron to methane to form chloromethane.

B abstracting a hydrogen atom from methane, and producing HCl and a methyl radical.

Correct Answer

C forming a carbanion intermediate that rapidly dissociates to produce chloromethane.

D forming a carbonium ion intermediate that rapidly dissociates to form chloromethane.

Option B is the correct answer.

Chlorine radicals abstract a hydrogen atom from methane to form HCl and a methyl radical. This is the propagation step of the reaction.

What does a chlorine radical do to methane?

Course: CHM 102

Topic: Practice Questions

Type: Objective

Difficulty: Not specified

Question 1058 of 1999

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