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Question
Methane is the first member of alkane, when it is treated with excess of chlorine in the presence of diffused forms carbon tetrachloride. Draw the appropriate structural formula of carbon tetrachloride and state the type of bond present is it.
Solution
Sructural formula of carbon tetrachloride:
\[\begin{array}{cc}
\ce{Cl}\\
|\\
\ce{Cl-C-Cl}\\
|\\
\ce{Cl}
\end{array}\]
The bond is Covalent Bond.
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