Engineering
Chemistry
Free radical
Question

On treatment with chlorine in presence of sunlight, toluene gives :

p-chloro toluene

benzyl chloride

o -chloro toluene

2, 5-dichloro toluene

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Solution

On treatment with chlorine in presence of sunlight, toluene gives the product benzyl chloride.
In this reaction, H atom of methyl group is replaced with Cl atom.