Q. By which one of the following compounds both $CH_{4}\ and\ {CH}_{3} - CH_{3}$ can be prepared in one step?
A) $CH_{3}I$
B) $CH_{3}OH$
C) $CH_{3}CH_{2}I$
D) $C_{2}H_{5}OH$
Explanation
(a)
$CH_{3}I + 2H\underset{or\ Zn - Cu/C_{2}H_{5}OH}{\overset{\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Zn + HCl\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ }{\rightarrow}}CH_{4} + HI$
methane
$CH_{3}I + 2Na + {ICH}_{3}\overset{Dry\ ether\ \ }{\rightarrow}{CH}_{3} - {CH}_{3} + 2NaI$
ethane
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