QuestionOrganic / free-radical halogenation
Rank the indicated C – H bonds in the following compound in order of increasing ease of H-abstraction in a radical halogenation reaction and select the correct answer accordingly :

- (a) 4 < 3 < 2 < 1
- (b) 2 < 1 < 3 < 4
- (c) 3 < 4 < 1 < 2
- (d) 4 < 3 < 1 < 2
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