When light is shown on a mixture of chlorine and chloromethane, carbon tetrachloride is one of the components of the final reaction mixture. propose a series of mechanistic steps which explain this observation?

A free-radical substitution reaction is likely to be responsible for the observations. The reaction mechanism of a reaction like this can be grouped into three phases:

Initiation; the "light" on the mixture deliver sufficient amount of energy such that the halogen molecules undergo homologous fission. It typically takes ultraviolet radiation to initiate fissions of the bonds.  Propagation; free radicals react with molecules to produce new free radicals and molecules.Termination; two free radicals combine and form covalent bonds to produce stable molecules. Note that it is possible for two carbon-containing free-radicals to combine, leading to the production of trace amounts of long carbon chains in the product.

Initiation

where the big black dot indicates unpaired electrons attached to the atom.

Propagation

Termination

We first assume that this gas is an ideal gas where it follows the ideal gas equation. the said equation is expressed as: pv = nrt. from this equation, we can predict the changes in the pressure, volume and temperature. if the volume and the temperature of this gas is doubled, then the pressure still stays the same.