Exam

JEE Main

Year

2012

Mode

Offline

Subject

Chemistry

Chapter

Haloalkanes and Haloarenes

JEE Main 2012 · Offline · Chemistry · Haloalkanes and Haloarenes

How many chiral compounds are possible on monochlorination of 2-...

How many chiral compounds are possible on monochlorination of $2-$methyl butane ?

Step-by-step solution

\mathrm{H}_3 \mathrm{C}-\mathrm{CH}_2-\mathrm{CH}$\left(\mathrm{CH}_3\right)-\mathrm{CH}_3$ on monochlorination gives $\mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{C}(\mathrm{Cl})-\mathrm{CH}_2-\mathrm{CH}\left(\mathrm{CH}_3\right)-\mathrm{CH}_3$ (I) Achiral $\mathrm{H}_3 \mathrm{C}-\mathrm{CH}(\mathrm{Cl})-\mathrm{CH}\left(\mathrm{CH}_3\right)-\mathrm{CH}_3$ (II) Chiral
(III) Achiral
(IV) chiral