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What is the total number of products obtained on monochlorination of2, 2, 5-trimethyl hexane in the presence of light and chlorine?

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7
In this chlorination, there are five different possibilities to produce five constitutional isomers, out of which two contain chiral carbon centres. Since no stereospecific reagent is used in this reaction, optical isomers are also produced and racemic mixture is produced in the case of enantiomers. Hence, a total of seven chlorination products are obtained.
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