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Pent-1-ene with HCl gives:

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3-chloropentane

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2-chloropentane

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1,2-dichloropentane

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1-chloropentane

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Solution

The correct option is A 2-chloropentane
Pent-1-ene on reaction with HCl undergoes Markownikoff's addition reaction to form 2-chloropentane as a product.
The reaction can be given as follow:
$C H_{2} = C H - C H_{3} + H C l \to C H_{3} - C H (C l) - C H_{3} 2 - c h l o r o p e n t a n e$

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