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JEE Main Chemistry question

ChemistryHaloalkanes and HaloarenesJEE Main

How many of the given statements about benzene hexachloride (BHC) and gammaxene are correct?

1. Both are the same compound. 2. Both have the molecular formula . 3. The number of -bonds in BHC is 3, and that in gammaxene is 0. 4. Gammaxene is a pesticide.

Answer: 2

Solution

BHC (benzene hexachloride, formed by photochemical addition of to benzene) and gammaxene (the -isomer of BHC, also called lindane) are not the same compound — gammaxene is specifically one stereoisomer among several possible isomers of BHC, so statement 1 is false. Both nonetheless share the same

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