Write the names and the formula of the products formed when:

(a) methane (b) ethane

reacts with (i) chlorine (ii) bromine

Write the chemical equations.

Name the compound prepared from:

(a) Sodium propionate

(b) Methyl iodide and

(c) Ethyl bromide.

Write a balanced equation for the same.

Convert:

(a) Methane into chloroform.

(b) Sodium acetate into methane

(c) Methyl iodide into ethane.

(d) Methane to methyl alcohol

Give three uses of:

(a) Methane

(b) Ethane