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Offline timchai

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transition state (plz help me bcoz i am very silly)
« on: March 02, 2009, 07:40:06 AM »
CH4 + Cl-    --->CH3+  + HCl , why the intermediate is H3C----HCL , not H4C----Cl-   
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Re: transition state (plz help me bcoz i am very silly)
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2009, 07:58:25 AM »
Be correct - charges in you equation are not balanced!
Moreover CH4 reacts rather with chlorine radical (single atom of chlorine), not anion.
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Re: transition state (plz help me bcoz i am very silly)
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2009, 08:20:14 AM »
Yes I agree hydrocarbons reacts with halogen free radicals.
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