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Which among the following methods is not suitable for the preparation of alkyl chlorides ?

Answer:

Explanation:

Chlorination  of alkanes in presence of sunlight is not suitable for the preparation of alkyl chloride because chlorination of alkanes gives a complex  mixture of isomeric mono and polyhaloalkanes, which is difficult to separate as pure compounds . Consequently, the yield of any one compound is low.

 $CH_{3}CH_{2}CH_{2}CH_{3}$         $\underrightarrow{Cl_{2}/UV light}$                                           $CH_{3}CH_{2}CH_{2}CH_{2}Cl+CH_{3}CH_{2}CHClCH_{3}$