MHT CET Chemistry question

Chemistry Hydrocarbons MHT CET

On mixing a certain alkane with chlorine and irradiating it with ultraviolet light, it forms only one monochloroalkane. This alkane would be

(A)propane
(B)pentane
(C)iso-pentane
(D)neo-pentaneCorrect

Answer: (D)

Solution

Only an alkane in which all hydrogens are equivalent gives a single monochloro derivative; in neopentane, , all twelve H

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