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Conversion of CH_(4) to CH_(3)Cl is an example of which of the following reaction

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Electrophilic substitution
Free radical addition
NUCLEOPHILIC substitution
Free radical substitution

Solution :When METHANE gas is treated with CHLORINE in the presence by SUNLIGHT, one hydrogen of methane replaced by the chlorine atom and forms methyl chloride. The mechanism involved in this reaction is free radical mechanism. So it is an example of free radical substitution reaction.


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