Question

How would you prepare the following compounds, starting with cyclopentene and any other reagents needed? (a) Chlorocyclopentane.

Short answer

Chlorocyclopentane can be formed in the following way:

Step-by-step solution

Chlorination 

It means substitution of one hydrogen from the reactant, so that halogen atom can be added there.

Alkyl halide

Alkyl halides are also known as haloalkanes or halogenoalkanes. They contains one or more halogen substituents i.e. –Br, -Cl,-I,-F.

Preparation of chlorocyclopentane

The desired product chlorocyclopentane can be prepared by chlorinating cyclopantene.

The reaction is as follows:

Preparation of chlorocyclopentane