The total number of monohalogenated products formed by halogenation of 2, 4, 4 - trimethylhexane are,

Options

A. 5
B. 7
C. 6
D. 8

Answer

C

Explanation

Total number of mnohalogenated products of 2, 4, 4-trimethylhexane are six.
`overset(1)(H_(3))C-underset(CH_(3))underset(|)overset(2)(CH_(2))-overset(3)(CH_(2))-underset(CH_(3))underset(|)overset(CH_(3))overset(|4)(C)-overset(5)(CH_(2))-overset(6)(CH_(3))`
(i) 2monohalogenated products by replacing two `-CH_(3)` groups at `C_(2)` and `C_(4)` position.
(ii) 4 monohalogenated products by replacing H by Cl at `C_(2), C_(3), C_(5), C_(6)` positions. Thus, total 6 isomers are possible.