The alkane that give only one monochloro product on chlorination with $C l_{2}$ in presence of diffused sunlight is

isopentane

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neopentane

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2,2-dimethylbutane

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n-pentane

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Solution

The correct option is B neopentane
In chlornination of alkanes, hydrogen is replaced by chlorine. In neo-pentane, only one type of hydrogen is present, hence replacement of any hydrogen atom will give the same product.

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