In the presence of sunlight, benzene reacts with Cl2 to give product, X. The number of hydrogens in X is ______.
Answer: 6
Solution
Benzene reacts with ClX2 in the presence of sunlight via a free-radical substitution mechanism (photochlorination), producing benzene hexachloride (BHC) or hexachlorocyclohexane, CX6HX6ClX6.
The product X is CX6HX6ClX6, which contains 6 hydrogen atoms.