Organic Chemistry (9th Edition)
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Author: Leroy G. Wade, Jan W. Simek
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 4, Problem 4.48SP
When exactly 1 mole of methane is mixed with exactly 1 mole of chlorine and light is shone on the mixture, a chlorination reaction occurs. The products are found to contain substantial amounts of di-, tri-, and tetrachloromethane, as well as unreacted methane.
- a. Explain how a mixture is formed from this stoichiometric mixture of reactants, and propose mechanisms for the formation of these compounds from chloromethane.
- b. How would you run this reaction to get a good conversion of methane to CH3C1? Of methane to CC14?
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