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Ethane reacts with chlorine in the presence of ultraviolet light to form chloroethane via a free-radical substitution mechanism.

Which of the following pairs represents the radical intermediates that are directly involved in the propagation stage of this mechanism?

$H∙\text{H}^\bullet$ and $C2H5∙\text{C}_2\text{H}_5^\bullet$

$Cl∙\text{Cl}^\bullet$ and $C2H5∙\text{C}_2\text{H}_5^\bullet$

$Cl∙\text{Cl}^\bullet$ and $CH3∙\text{CH}_3^\bullet$

$H∙\text{H}^\bullet$ and $Cl∙\text{Cl}^\bullet$

Alkanes Questions

15 exam-style questions on OCR A A Level Chemistry Alkanes. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

Ethane reacts with chlorine in the presence of ultraviolet light to form chloroethane via a free-radical substitution mechanism.

Which of the following pairs represents the radical intermediates that are directly involved in the propagation stage of this mechanism?

$H∙\text{H}^\bullet$ and $C2H5∙\text{C}_2\text{H}_5^\bullet$

$Cl∙\text{Cl}^\bullet$ and $C2H5∙\text{C}_2\text{H}_5^\bullet$

$Cl∙\text{Cl}^\bullet$ and $CH3∙\text{CH}_3^\bullet$

$H∙\text{H}^\bullet$ and $Cl∙\text{Cl}^\bullet$

15 exam-style questions on OCR A A Level Chemistry Alkanes. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.