Question

Methane reacts with excess of chlorine in diffused sunlight to give the final product as

• A. Chloroform
• B. Carbon tetrachloride
• C. Methylene chloride
• D. Methyl chloride.

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Carbon tetrachloride

Answer 2

CH4 $\underset{Cl_{2}}{\overset{\quad hv\quad}{\rightarrow}}$CH3Cl $\underset{- HCl}{\overset{\quad hv/Cl_{2}\quad}{\rightarrow}}$ CH3Cl2 $\underset{- HCl}{\overset{\quad hv/Cl_{2}\quad}{\rightarrow}}$ CHCl3 $\underset{- HCl}{\overset{\quad hv/Cl_{2}\quad}{\rightarrow}}$CCl4