Question

Vinyl chloride reacts with $HCl$ to form:

• A. 1, 1-dichloro ethane
• B. 1, 2-dichloro ethane
• C. tetrachloro ethylene
• D. mixtures of 1, 2 and 1, 1-dichloro ethane

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

1, 2-dichloro ethane

Answer 2

The reaction is as follows (According to Markownikoffs rule) $\underset{\text{Vinyl}\,\,\text{chloride}}{\mathop{C{{H}_{2}}==CH\cdot Cl}}\,+HCl\xrightarrow{{}}\underset{\text{1,}\,\,\text{1-dichloro}\,\text{ethane}}{\mathop{C{{H}_{3}}--CHC{{l}_{2}}}}\,$