Which of the following is correct regarding chlorination of methane in the presence of sunlight

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Involves the formation of carbocation

Involves the formation of carbanion

Involves the formation of carbon free radical

Gives only one type of product

answer is C.

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The mechanism involves a chain reaction. During a chain reaction, for every reactive species you start off with, a new one is generated at the end - and this keeps the process going. The over-all process is known as free radical substitution, or as a free radical chain reaction.

Chain initiation: The chain is initiated (started) by UV light breaking a chlorine molecule into free radicals.
${Cl}_{2} \overset{hv}{\to} 2 {Cl}^{\cdot}$
Chain propagation reactions : These are the reactions which keep the chain going.
Chain termination reactions: These are reactions which remove free radicals from the system without replacing them by new ones.

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