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CBSE - Chemistry - Carbon and its Compounds

Carbon and its Compounds

Long Answer Type

Explain the given reactions with the examples (c) Substitution reaction

Saturated hydrocarbons are fairly unreactive. But in the presence of sunlight, chlorine substitutes hydrogen one by one.

CH4 + Cl2 → CH3Cl + HCl (in the presence of sunlight) 

This substitution can go on till, carbon tetrachloride is obtained.

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