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On mixing certain alkane with chlorine and irradiating it with ultraviolet light, it forms only one monochloro alkane. The alkane could be

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neopentane

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propane

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pentane

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isopentane

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Solution

The correct option is A neopentane

Neopentane has only one type of H atoms. Hence, it gives only one monochloro product.

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