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Racemic 3 methyl hexane yields all possible monochloro derivatives when allowed to react with Cl2 in a radical chain reaction How many different stereoisomers of 2chloro3methylhexane are going to be found in the mixture of the product?

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2
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3
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Solution

The correct option is C 4
Stereoisomerism is due to chiral carbons present in a molecule. The total number of hypothetically possible stereoisomers will not exceed 2n, where n is the number of tetrahedral stereocenters (Chiral carbon).
2chloro3methylhexane has 2 chiral carbons and therefore a maximum of 4 stereoisomers.

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