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A mixture of three alkyl chloride CH3Cl,CH3CH2Cl,CH3CH2CH2Cl under goes Wurtz coupling reaction. The product contains:
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Options:
  • A Ethane, pentane, hexane only
  • B Propane, pentane, butane only
  • C Ethane, Propane, pentane, butane
  • D Ethane, Propane, butane, pentane, hexane
Solution:
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The correct answer is: Ethane, Propane, butane, pentane, hexane
Five products Ethane, Propane, butane, pentane, hexane will be formed

The possible cases will be:

I 2CH3ClNaCH3-CH3ethane

II 2CH3CH2ClNaCH3CH2-CH2CH3butane

III 2CH3CH2CH2ClNaCH3CH2CH2-CH2CH2CH3hexane

IV CH3Cl+CH3CH2ClNaCH3-CH2CH3propane

V CH3CH2Cl+CH3CH2CH2ClNaCH3CH2-CH2CH2CH3pentane

VI CH3CH2CH2Cl+CH3ClNaCH3CH2CH2-CH3butane

In II and VI products are same so total number of products are 5

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