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Bond dissociation energies in : primary C-H 101, H-Cl 103, H-Br 88. The enthalpy changes () of the hydrogen abstraction step for a primary C-H bond with and respectively are

  1. A and
  2. B and
  3. C and
  4. D and

Answer: B

= (bond broken) - (bond formed). For : kcal/mol. For : kcal/mol. Thus the bromine step is endothermic, with a late transition state, and the chlorine step is slightly exothermic, with an earlier one.
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