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Free radical (photochemical) chlorination (halogenation) of methane to trichloromethane (chloroform).

The reaction usually gives mixtures of chlorinated products: chloromethane, dichloromethane (methylene chloride), trichloromethane (chloroform), tetrachloromethane (carbon tetrachloride), as well as small amounts of chlorinated ethanes etc.
CH4
  +  
3
Cl2
  +  
hν
         
CHCl3
  +  
3
HCl
Reactant Page Go To Go To
Methane     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Chlorine     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Photon Initiator    Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Chloroform     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Hydrogen chloride     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
British A-Level Chemistry: AS
Functional Group Interconvertion
Industrial Process: Organic
Oxidation: Of Substrate By Reagent
Radical Substitution
Redox

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