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  4. The number of possible enantiomeric pairs that can be produced during monochlorination of 2-methylbutane is

Q. The number of possible enantiomeric pairs that can be produced during monochlorination of -methylbutane is

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Solution:

First draw possible different structures obtained on monochlorination of -methylbutane,
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Thus structures (i) and (iii) are optically active, each has one chiral carbon; so each structure will give one enantiomeric pair; thus total enantiomeric pairs will be two.