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On treating certain alkane with chlorine in the presence of ultraviolet light, it forms only one monochloro alkane. The alkane could be:

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Propane
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Pentane
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Iso-pentane
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Neo-pentane
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Solution

The correct option is D Neo-pentane
Neopentane gives only one mono-chloro product on its chlorination in presence of sunlilght
This is because, in neopentane, only one kind of hydrogens are there and replacement of any H-atom leads to the formation of the same product.

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