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How do you account for formation of ethane during chlorination of methane?

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Chlorination of methane takes place by free radical mechanism. Chlorine free radicals produced in the initiation step attacks methane to form methyl radical.
`CH_4+ClrarrCH_3+HCl`
In the termination step, two methyl radicals combine together to form small quanity of ethane
`CH_3+CH_3rarr CH_3-CH_3`
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