JEE Main · Chemistry · Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids
Cross-Cannizzaro Reaction
JEE Main asked Cross-Cannizzaro Reaction once in the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, on 26 Feb 2021, Shift 2. It belongs to Aldol and Cannizzaro, in Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids (Chemistry).
Updated 2026-10-24
- Times asked
- 1
- in 1 shift
- Years
- 1 of 8
- First asked
- 2021
- the only year
- Pattern
- Gone quiet
- asked once so far
Questions on this idea a shift, by year
2017–2026. Asked in 2021. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Chemistry questions.
Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 1 in 24 shifts · 2022: 0 in 24 shifts · 2023: 0 in 12 shifts · 2024: 0 in 18 shifts · 2025: 0 in 8 shifts · 2026: 0 in 9 shifts.
Shift by shift
Each square is one analysed shift, in date order. Open a filled one for that paper.
How JEE Main framed it
Diagram based is the usual form. Skill tested: multi-step.
- Crossed cannizzaro, williamson and hi cleavage sequence
Difficulty
The question was multiple choice.
Every question
The question
From the official JEE Main shift papers, newest first. Open one for the full question, the options and the official answer.
Shift: 26 Feb 2021, Shift 2.
Same topic
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Aldol and Cannizzaro has 9 ideas JEE Main has asked; 8 of them came up in more than one question.
- Intramolecular Aldol5× · 2025
- Cannizzaro Reaction5× · 2024
- Self-Aldol Condensation4× · 2026
- Cross-Aldol Condensation3× · 2024
- Intramolecular Cannizzaro Reaction2× · 2026
- Alpha-Hydrogen Acidity2× · 2025
- Claisen-Schmidt Condensation2× · 2024
- Haloform Interference with Aldol2× · 2021