Chemistry · Common types of organic reactions: Substitution, addition, elimination and rearrangement
The chlorination of methane is an example of :
The chlorination of methane is an example of :
- A. Addition
- B. Elimination
- C. substitution
- D. Chain reaction
Step-by-step solution
The chlorination of methane involves replacement of a hydrogen atom by a chlorine atom, making it a substitution reaction. Although it proceeds via a free radical chain mechanism, the overall transformation is substitution, not addition or elimination. Thus, the best classification is substitution.
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