Question

What is reductive dechlorination? What is the relative rate of this process and why is it environmentally relevant?

Answer 1

The reductive dechloirnation is reduction of an organic compound with the elimination of inorganic chloride ion.The organic compound is degraded in the process.

The relative rate of this process will depend upon the concentration of reactant.

The environmental relevance: The ozone depletion is mainly caused by chloroflouro carbons (CFC). these can be dehalogenated by reductive halogentaion (reductive dechlorination).

In this process the electrochemical reduction can be done. Here the chloride ion is removed and hydrogen is added to the organic molecule.

so the process controls pollution, controls depletion of ozone layer and thus helps us to protect from UV- radiaitons.