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JEE Main 27 August 2021, Shift 2, Chemistry Q47

Question 47 of 90 in this shift, Chemistry question 17 of 30, Section A.

The correct structures of A and B formed in the following reactions are : [reaction drawn: a benzene ring with OH at the top and NO2\mathrm{NO_2} at the bottom, arrow labelled H2/Pd\mathrm{H_2/Pd}, C2H5OH\mathrm{C_2H_5OH} giving A; then arrow with a drawn structure of two C=O groups joined through a single O, each C=O carbon also bearing a plain line labelled 1.0 eq. giving B (Major Product)]

The figure, in words

Stem: p-substituted benzene ring (OH top, NO2 bottom) -> A (H2/Pd, C2H5OH) -> B with a drawn two-C=O reagent, 1.0 eq. Options give structures for A and B.
  1. (1)A: [benzene ring with OH at the top and NH2\mathrm{NH_2} at the bottom]; B: [benzene ring with OH at the top, a C(=O)CH3\mathrm{C(=O)CH_3} group on the ring carbon adjacent to the OH carbon (upper right), and NH2\mathrm{NH_2} at the bottom]
  2. (2)A: [benzene ring with O−C(=O)−CH3\mathrm{O-C(=O)-CH_3} at the top and NH2\mathrm{NH_2} at the bottom]; B: [benzene ring with O−C(=O)−CH3\mathrm{O-C(=O)-CH_3} at the top and NH−C(=O)−CH3\mathrm{NH-C(=O)-CH_3} at the bottom]
  3. (3)A: [benzene ring with OH at the top and NH2\mathrm{NH_2} at the bottom]; B: [benzene ring with OH at the top and NH−C(=O)−CH3\mathrm{NH-C(=O)-CH_3} at the bottom]Official answer
  4. (4)A: [benzene ring with OH at the top and NH2\mathrm{NH_2} at the bottom]; B: [benzene ring with O−C(=O)−CH3\mathrm{O-C(=O)-CH_3} at the top and NH2\mathrm{NH_2} at the bottom]

Official answer

Option 3

NTA final key.

Chapter
Amines
Topic
No close match in our taxonomy
Idea tested
No close match in our taxonomy

Question text from the official JEE Main paper published by NTA; answer from the final answer key. Chapter, topic and idea tags, difficulty and skill are Lumi’s. This question needs a figure we do not reproduce; it is described in words above. Lumi analyses 108 of the 174 JEE Main shifts held from 2017 to 2026.