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Give reasons for the following in one or two sentences :
(i) Methane does not react with chlorine in the dark
(ii) Propene reacts with HBr to give isopropyl bromide but does not give n-propyl bromide
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Sol. (i) Methane does not react with chlorine in the
dark because chlorine atoms are required for this
reaction and chlorine atoms are obtained only in the
presence of light.
(ii) It is in accordance with Markownikoff’s rule
which predicts the stability of secondary carbonium ion
over primary
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