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Methyl benzene in the presence of Br2 and sunlight gives bromo methyl benzene what type reaction Options are free radical substitution Free radical addition Aromatic electrophilic substitution Aromatic nucleophilic substitution And image is nt getting attached here what should I do ?? It showing as .. It is more than some Mb

Methyl benzene in the presence of Br2 and sunlight gives bromo methyl benzene what type reaction 
Options are free radical substitution
Free radical addition
Aromatic electrophilic substitution 
Aromatic nucleophilic substitution
 
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neeti pandey
19 Points
6 years ago
I think it is free radical substitution because Br2 breaks into Br + Br in pesence of light and Br radical reacts with benzene’s H  according to mechanism and  after acid base rxn Br gets substituted to the benzylic position of benzene. Also this rxn is n bromo- succimide or photohalogenation.

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