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Benzene reacts with chlorine in sunlight to give a final product
ChemistryHaloalkanes and HaloarenesKCETKCET 2007
Options:
  • A $\mathrm{CCl}_{4}$
  • B $\mathrm{C}_{6} \mathrm{H}_{6} \mathrm{Cl}_{6}$
  • C $\mathrm{C}_{6} \mathrm{Cl}_{6}$
  • D $\mathrm{C}_{6} \mathrm{H}_{5} \mathrm{Cl}$
Solution:
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The correct answer is: $\mathrm{C}_{6} \mathrm{H}_{6} \mathrm{Cl}_{6}$
Benzene reacts with chlorine in presence of sunlight to give gammexane or benzene hexa chloride
$$
\mathrm{C}_{6} \mathrm{H}_{6}+3 \mathrm{Cl}_{2} \stackrel{\text { Sunlight }}{\longrightarrow} \mathrm{C}_{6} \mathrm{H}_{6} \mathrm{Cl}_{6}
$$

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