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The hydrocarbon (molecular mass = 70) after reduction and chlorination gives a single monochloride. The hydrocarbon is
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Options:
  • A pent-1-ene
  • B pent-2-ene
  • C 1,1-dimethylcycloprop-1-ene
  • D cyclopentane
Solution:
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The correct answer is: pent-1-ene

The hydrocarbon can be either an alkene or cycloalkane. No alkene with five carbons has all equivalent hydrogens and so the compound is non-substituted cycloalkane, i.e., cyclopentane and monochloride is chlorocylopentane.

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