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Question
Chlorine reacts with saturated hydrocarbons at room temperature in the
Options
absence of sunlight
presence of sunlight
presence of water
presence of hydrochloric acid
Solution
presence of sunlight
Explanation -
In the presence of sunlight, chlorine is added to saturated hydrocarbons in a very fast reaction. Chlorine can replace the hydrogen atoms one by one. It is called a substitution reaction because one type of atom or a group of atoms takes the place of another.
`"CH"_4 + "Cl"_2 overset("sunlight")(->) "CH"_3"Cl" + "HCl"`
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