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ChemistryHaloalkanes and HaloarenesJEE Main

Methylcyclopentane, on treatment with chlorine in the presence of light, produces a few mono-chlorinated products. How many of these products, upon treatment with ethanolic KOH solution, would give 1-methylcyclopentene as one of the products?

Answer: 3

Solution

1-Methylcyclopentene can only arise from a chlorocyclopentane whose chlorine sits at a ring position such that E2 elimination can form the double bond between the methyl-bearing carbon and an adjacent ring carbon. Identifying the monochloro

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