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AP EAMCET · Chemistry · General Organic Chemistry

The products in the reaction given below are ' \(\bullet\) ' denotes a free radical.

  1. A Meso forms
  2. B Racemic mixture
  3. C \(d\) - and \(/\)-forms
  4. D Cis-trans isomers
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(B) Racemic mixture

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The given reaction is the chain termination step of a free radical substitution reaction. Here, the trigonal planar free radical \(\left(\mathrm{C}_2 \mathrm{H}_5-\stackrel{-}{\mathrm{C}} \mathrm{H}-\mathrm{CH}_3\right)\) gets attacked by \(\mathrm{Cl}^{-}\)with equal ease of…
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