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Number of products when a chloroalkane is chlorinated further under light

This type of question, asked 2 times: 23 Jan 2025, 8 Apr 2026 S2. All 2 questions below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    23 Jan 2025

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    Propane molecule on chlorination under photochemical condition gives two di-chloro products, xx and yy. Amongst xx and yy, xx is an optically active molecule. How many tri-chloro products (consider only structural isomers) will be obtained from xx when it is further treated with chlorine under the photochemical condition?

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  2. Question 2

    8 Apr 2026 S2

    40
    n-Butane on monochlorination under photochemical conditions gives an optically active compound "P". "P" on further chlorination gives dichloro compounds. The number of dichloro compounds obtained (ignore stereoisomers) is :

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