Answer to Question #200657 in Organic Chemistry for Afnan

Question

Butylamine is an organic compound used as an ingredient used in the manufacture of pesticides figure 1 shows the overall reaction equation for the formation from 1-chlorobutane

state the type of reaction that occur in step 1 and state the reagents and reaction conditions

Answer 1

Free radical substitution reaction, the hydrogen atom is substituted with chlorine or bromine or any other free radical.

This type of substitution has three main steps chain initiation, chain propagation and chain termination.

Homolytic Bond fission of chlorine gives chlorine radical.