How benzene is converted into hexachlorobenzene
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Answer : The chemical reaction are shown below.
Explanation:
As we know that in the presence of sunlight, the addition of chlorine to benzene gives hexachlorobenzene. It is extensively used as an insecticides.
The reaction is an addition of chlorine on benzene ring. Or we can say that this is an electrophilic substitution reaction in which the reaction carried out in presence of catalyst that helps in generation of electrophiles that means an electron deficient species.
The chemical reaction are shown below.
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