Question

Convert the following structures into skeletal drawings

(a)

Indole

(b)

Quetiapine(Seroquel)

1,3-pentadiene

(c)

1,2-dicholorcyclopentane

(d)

Benzoquinone

Short answer

(c)

1,2-dichlorocyclopentane

Step-by-step solution

1,2-dichlorocyclopentane

Cyclopentane is an organic compound comprising five carbon atoms arranged in the form of a ring. Dichloro suggests the presence of two chlorine atoms at the first and secondpositions.

 Skeletal structure of 1,2-dichlorocyclopentane

The skeletal structure of 1,2-dichlorocyclopentane representing the two chlorine atoms at the one and second position is as shown:

1,2-dichlorocyclopentane