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What happens when diethyl ether is treated with excess of chlorine gas in the presence of sun light ?

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When diethyl ether is treated with excess of chlorine in presence of light, all the hydrogen atoms are replaced by chlorine.
`CH_(3)CH_(2)OCH_(2)CH_(3)+10Cl_(2)overset(hv)rarrunderset("Perchlorodiethlyl ether")(C Cl_(3)C Cl_(2)O C Cl_(2)C Cl_(3))+10HCl`
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