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  4. The hydrocarbon of molecular mass 72 gives a single monochloride and two dichlorides on photochlorination is

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Q. The hydrocarbon of molecular mass 72 gives a single monochloride and two dichlorides on photochlorination is

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The hydrocarbon of mass 72 is $C_{5}H_{12}$ . Since there is one monoclhoro derivative, the compound has twelve equivalent H's in four equivalent $CH_{3}′s$ . The compound is $\left( CH _{3}\right)_{4} C$ (2,2-dimethylpropane) and the chloro derivative are as follows

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