Q. Both methane and ethane may be obtained in single step reaction from

Solution:

$CH _{3} l +2[ H ] \xrightarrow { zn - Cu \text { alc. }} CH _{4}+ Hl$
$2 CH _{3} l +2 Na \xrightarrow{\text { ether }} C _{2} H _{6}+2 Nal$