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Free-radical chlorination of hexane gives very poor yields of 1-chlorohexane, while cycl...

Free-radical chlorination of hexane gives very poor yields of 1-chlorohexane, while cyclohexanecan be converted to chlorocyclohexane in good yield.

(a) How do you account for this difference?

(b) What ratio of reactants (cyclohexane and chlorine) would you use for the synthesis ofchlorocyclohexane?

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