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On mixing a certain alkane with chlorine and irradiating it with ultravioletlight, it forms only one monochloroalkane. This alkane could be

Options

  1. Apentane
  2. Bisopentane
  3. Cneopentane
  4. Dpropane

Correct answer

C. neopentane

Step-by-step solution

In neopentane all the H atoms are same (1^0 ) .

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