(a) Compute the heats of reaction for abstraction of a primary hydrogen and a secondary hydrogen from propane by a fluorine radical.

(b) How selective do you expect free-radical fluorination to be?

(c) What product distribution would you expect to obtain from the free-radical fluorination of propane?

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CH3-CH2-CH3 + F. CH3-CH,-CH3 + F. CH3 — CH, —Сн, + HF CH, — CH—СН, + HF