Answer to Question #203835 in Organic Chemistry for Muid

Question

Give the essential condition for the reaction between chlorine and butane?What type of reaction is this?

Answer 1

Alkanes undergo a substitution reaction with halogens in the presence of light.

So butane reacts with halogen molecules such as chlorine and bromine. This reaction is a substitution reaction because one of the hydrogen atoms from the butane is replaced by a bromine atom.