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Describe a chemical test that could be used to distinguish between pent-1-ene and pentane.
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Explain, using equations, the following steps in the free-radical mechanism of the reaction of methane with chlorine.
• Initiation
• Propagation
• Termination
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1. Using bromine solution, pentene will decolourise the bromine solution because it adds on to the double bond in the structure, and nothing will happen with pentane
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You could try Baeyer's test. Put KMnO4 in presence of dil: H2SO4. If the solution is unsaturated (Pentene or pentyne), it should decolourize the blue KMnO4 to white. Otherwise, if it is pentane, or saturated, nothing should happen. This is also known as Unsaturation test.
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Cl2 → 2Cl
CH4 + Cl→ CH3 + HCl
CH3 + Cl2 → CH3Cl + Cl
2Cl→ Cl2
CH3 + Cl→ CH3Cl
CH3 + CH3→ CH3CH3