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JEE Main 9 January 2020, Shift 2, Chemistry Q43

Question 43 of 75 in this shift, Chemistry question 18 of 25, Section A.

Which of the following reactions will not produce a racemic product ?

The figure, in words

Option 2 is a drawn structure: a cyclohexene ring with CH3 at one ring carbon and CH3 on the double-bond carbon, reacting with HCl.
  1. (1)CH3CH2CH=CH2→HBr\mathrm{CH_3CH_2CH=CH_2} \xrightarrow{HBr}
  2. (2)[figure: 1,3-dimethylcyclohexene (ring double bond at the carbon bearing CH3, a second CH3 on the ring) →HCl\xrightarrow{HCl}]
  3. (3)CH3−CH(CH3)−CH=CH2→HCl\mathrm{CH_3-CH(CH_3)-CH=CH_2} \xrightarrow{HCl} (the carbon bearing CH3 and H is drawn vertically)Official answer
  4. (4)CH3−C(=O)−CH2CH3→HCN\mathrm{CH_3-C(=O)-CH_2CH_3} \xrightarrow{HCN}

Official answer

Option 3

NTA final key (Jan 2020).

Chapter
Haloalkanes and Haloarenes
Topic
Alkenes and Alkynes
Idea tested
Markovnikov's Rule Application

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