Methane does not undergo nitration reaction.Why?
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Nitration is a general class of chemical process for the introduction of nitro group into an organic compound. Methane belongs to lower group of Alkanes. They have no pie bonds. They only have one sigma bond. Absence of pie bond shows that electrons cannot move to undergo reaction. Therefore, lower alkanes, methane, do not undergo nitration reactions.
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Nitration is a general class of chemical process for the introduction of nitro group into an organic compound. Methane belongs to lower group of Alkanes. They have no pie bonds. They only have one sigma bond. Absence of pie bond shows that electrons cannot move to undergo reaction. Therefore, lower alkanes, methane, do not undergo nitration reactions.
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