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In the free-radical chlorination of methane, the chain-intiation step involves the formation of:

A

(a) HC1

B

(b) `CH_(3)`

C

(c) `CH_(2)C1`

D

(d) `C1^(.)`

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D
`C1_(2) overset (hv) rarr` `2C1^(.)` (chain-intiation step).
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