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TS EAMCET · Chemistry · Hydrocarbons

The chlorination of ethane is an example for which type of the following reactions?

  1. A Nucleophilic substitution
  2. B Electrophilic substitution
  3. C Free radical substitution
  4. D Rearrangement
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(B) Electrophilic substitution

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Chlorination of ethane takes place by free radical substitution and involves the following steps Step I Initiation step \(\mathrm{Cl}_2 \stackrel{h v}{\longrightarrow} 2 \mathrm{Cl}^{\bullet}\) Step II Propagation step Step III Termination step…