(Solved): Alkanes react with chlorine and bromine in the presence of light by a radical mechanism. For the re ...

Alkanes react with chlorine and bromine in the presence of light by a radical mechanism. For the reaction below: Write a mechanism for the reaction step below. Use half-headed (fishhook) curved arrows to show electron reorganization. Consider only a that lies on the pathway to product formation. When drawing bond formation by pairing of single electrons, terminate the arrows in a hotspot located to one side of a reacting radical, This hotspot is not associated with any structural feature.