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If 2-methyl butane is chlorinated to produce choloro-2-methylbutane, how many isomers (including stereoisomers) would be formed?

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3
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4
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5
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6
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Solution

The correct option is D 6
4 structural isomers,
1-Chloro-2-methylbutane,
2-chloro-2-methylbutane,
3-chloro-2-methylbutane, and
4-chloro-2-methylbutane &
2 optical isomers formed.(First by chlorination at carbon no. 2 and second by chlorination at carbon no.3)

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