Organic Chemistry: Structure and Function
Organic Chemistry: Structure and Function
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ISBN: 9781319079451
Author: K. Peter C. Vollhardt, Neil E. Schore
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
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Chapter 3.7, Problem 3.7E
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Interpretation: Various products formed from the radical monochlorination of butane along with ratios of different products should be written.

Concept introduction: The monochlorination performed with ultraviolet light proceeds via radical chain mechanism. Chlorine transforms CH4 into chloromethane as the major halogenated product with variety of side products due to various possibility of chain termination. The chloromethane formed can undergo another cycle of radical mechanism to yield dichloromethane

The fundamental radical chain mechanism is summarized in the illustration as follows:

  Organic Chemistry: Structure and Function, Chapter 3.7, Problem 3.7E

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