AP EAMCET Engineering 17 Sep 2020 Shift 1 Paper

The given reaction is the chain termination step of a free radical substitution reaction. Here, the
trigonal planar free radical (C2H5−

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C

H−CH3) gets attacked by Cl− with equal ease of retention and inversion in configuration. So, the final product is the equimolar mixture of d - and l -forms called racemic mixture, which is optically inactive.