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Also Known As	displacement reaction

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Diagram showing the chemical reaction where methane (CH4) and chlorine (Cl2) combine to produce chloromethane (CH3Cl) and hydrogen chloride (HCl), with molecular structures and labels.

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nucleophilic substitution electrophilic substitution double displacement electrophilic aromatic substitution nucleophilic aromatic substitution redistribution reaction electrophile nucleophile nucleophilic reactivity substituted acetylene acid–base reaction oxidation-reduction reaction chemical synthesis chain reaction addition reaction polymerization elimination reaction reaction mechanism catalysis ion-exchange reaction

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ean-Baptiste-André Dumas

Jean-Baptiste-André Dumas

French chemist

Hermann Kolbe.

Hermann Kolbe

German chemist

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Henry Edward Armstrong

British chemist

Double exposure of science laboratory test tubes with bokeh and chemical reaction

Types of Chemical Reactions

Double exposure of science laboratory test tubes with bokeh and chemical reaction

Types of Chemical Reactions