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Chemistry · Alkyl and Aryl Halides

JEE Main 2026 — 8 April, Evening Shift — Question 54

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 :

  1. Option A:

    3

  2. Option B:

    4

    Correct
  3. Option C:

    5

  4. Option D:

    6

Answer: B

Step-by-step solution

Cl2/hv\mathrm{Cl}_{2} / \mathrm{hv}

Total dichloro products (excluding stereoisomers) =4=4

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Exam
JEE Main 2026
Paper
8 April, Evening Shift
Subject
Chemistry
Chapter
Alkyl and Aryl Halides
Topic
Introduction to Alkyl Halides and Methods of Preparation
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