A mixture of three alkyl chloride C H 3 C l , C H 3 C H 2 C l , C H 3 C H 2 C H 2 C l under goes Wurtz coupling reaction. The product contains:

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Five products Ethane, Propane, butane, pentane, hexane will be formed

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$(I) 2 C H_{3} C l \overset{N a}{\to} \underset{e t h a n e}{\underset{⏟}{C H_{3} - C H_{3}}}$

$(I I) 2 C H_{3} C H_{2} C l \overset{N a}{\to} \underset{b u \tan e}{\underset{⏟}{C H_{3} C H_{2} - C H_{2} C H_{3}}}$

$(I I I) 2 C H_{3} C H_{2} C H_{2} C l \overset{N a}{\to} \underset{h e x a n e}{\underset{⏟}{C H_{3} C H_{2} C H_{2} - C H_{2} C H_{2} C H_{3}}}$

$(I V) C H_{3} C l + C H_{3} C H_{2} C l \overset{N a}{\to} \underset{p r o p a n e}{\underset{⏟}{C H_{3} - C H_{2} C H_{3}}}$

$(V) C H_{3} C H_{2} C l + C H_{3} C H_{2} C H_{2} C l \overset{N a}{\to} \underset{p e n \tan e}{\underset{⏟}{C H_{3} C H_{2} - C H_{2} C H_{2} C H_{3}}}$

$(V I) C H_{3} C H_{2} C H_{2} C l + C H_{3} C l \overset{N a}{\to} \underset{b u \tan e}{\underset{⏟}{C H_{3} C H_{2} C H_{2} - C H_{3}}}$

In II and VI products are same so total number of products are 5

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