On treating certain alkane with chlorine in the presence of ultraviolet light, it forms only one monochloro alkane. The alkane could be:
A
Propane
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B
Pentane
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C
Iso-pentane
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D
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.