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Ethylidene chloride is a/an ______________.

Gem-dihalides are dihaloalkanes which have two halogen atoms of the same type attached to the same carbon atom in a molecule. The common naming system of gem-dihalides is alkylidene dihalides. Ethylidene dichloride thus is a gem-dihalide. The correct option is (ii).

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