The chlorination of ethane is an example for which type of the following reactions?

Question

The chlorination of ethane is an example for which type of the following reactions? (A) Nucleophilic substitution (B) Electrophilic substitution (C) Free radical substitution (D) Rearrangement

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Chlorination of ethane takes place by free radical substitution and involves the following steps Step I :- Initiation step Cl2 ->[hν] 2Cl bullet Step II :- Propagation step

Step -III :- Termination step

2CH3CH bullet2 → CH3CH2 CH2CH3

Q. The chlorination of ethane is an example for which type of the following reactions?

Nucleophilic substitution

Electrophilic substitution

Free radical substitution

Rearrangement

Chlorination of ethane takes place by free radical substitution and involves the following steps
Step I :- Initiation step
$C l_{2} h ν 2 C l^{∙}$
Step II :- Propagation step

Step -III :- Termination step

$2 C H_{3} C H_{2}^{∙} \to C H_{3} C H_{2} C H_{2} C H_{3}$