KEAM 2016 Physics and Chemistry Paper

Total number of monohalogenated products of 2, 4,4 -trimethylhexane are six.

1

H3C

−

2 CH2 |

CH3

−

3

CH2

−

CH3 | 4 C |

CH3

−

5

CH2

−

6

CH3

(i) 2 monohalogenated products by replacing two −CH3 groups at C2 and C4 position.
(ii) 4 monohalogenated products by replacing H by Cl at C2,C3,C5,C6 positions. Thus, total 6 isomers are possible.