Q7. Choose the compound that this spectrum represents from the list below. Give reasons for your answer. (i) 2,2-dimethyl pentane (ii) 2-methyl hexane (iii) heptane (iv) 3,3-dimethyl butane (v) octane MASS SPECTRUM Rel. Abundance 100. 57 (100%) 80. 43 (73%) 60. 41 (46%) 56 (40%) 40. 29 (31%) 85 (34.4%) 20. 15 (6.7%) 27 (23%) 30 (0.7%) 44 (2.5%) 58 (4.4%) 86 (2.3%) 100 (0.1%) 0. 0. 20. 40. 60. 80. 100. 120. m/z
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