Yes INDUSTRIAL chemistry can use that method because but ORGANIC chemists use this method Ya know why because you do nt risk BLOWING UP YOUR LAB if there is a leak if you use free radical halogenation It s insane to think that an individual would ever use that method in an organic chemistry lab It s safer to use the method that I described P 188 Organic Chemistry 8th Edition McMurry ISBN10 0 8400 5444 0 ISBN13 978 0 8400 5444 9