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Haloalkanes And Haloarenes

Question
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State the conditions under which methyl chloride from aluminium carbide preparation is carried out and give the necessary equation.

Solution

i) Aluminium carbide react wity water to form aluminium hydroxide and methane.
ii) Methane react with chlorine in presence of light (hv) to form methyl chloride.

Al subscript 4 straight C subscript 3 plus 12 straight H subscript 2 straight O space rightwards arrow space 4 Al left parenthesis OH right parenthesis subscript 3 plus 3 HC subscript 4
space space space space space space space space space space CH subscript 4 space rightwards arrow with Cl subscript 2 comma space hv on top space CH subscript 3 Cl