NEET UG 2017 · Chemistry · Question 80
NEET 2017 Chemistry, question 80
Question 80 of the NEET 2017 paper (code A) is a Chemistry question from Haloalkanes and Haloarenes. Its idea, Benzyne Elimination-Addition, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The CBSE official answer key gives option 1.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q80 · Chemistry
Identify A and predict the type of reaction
[m-bromoanisole (benzene ring with and Br meta to it)] A
The figure, described in words
Reactant: benzene ring with OCH3 at C-1 and Br at C-3, treated with NaNH2; option products drawn as ring structures (m-NH2, o-NH2, o-Br, unsubstituted anisole).
- 1[structure: m-methoxyaniline — ring with OCH3 and NH2 meta] and substitution reactionOfficial answer
- 2[structure: o-methoxyaniline — ring with OCH3 and NH2 ortho] and elimination addition reaction
- 3[structure: o-bromoanisole — ring with OCH3 and Br ortho] and cine substitution reaction
- 4[structure: anisole — ring with OCH3 only] and cine substitution reaction
Official answer: option 1 · CBSE official answer key
Same idea
The only question on Benzyne Elimination-Addition
No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.
Benzyne Elimination-Addition: every question and how it was framed
The chapter
Haloalkanes and Haloarenes in ten years of NEET
16 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 1.5 a paper. Nucleophilic Substitution alone had 16.