13.1. How do you account for the formation of ethane during chlorination of methane?

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Chlorination of methane is a free radical reaction which occurs by the following mechanism involving initiation, propagation and termination steps:

From the above mechanism, it is evident that during the propagation step, CH3 free radicals are produced, which may undergo three reactions, i.e., (i), (

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