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NEET UG 2024 · Chemistry · Question 86

NEET 2024 Chemistry, question 86

Question 86 of the NEET 2024 paper (code T2) is a Chemistry question from Haloalkanes and Haloarenes. Its idea, Alcohols to Haloalkanes, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 2.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q86 · Chemistry

The products A and B obtained in the following reactions, respectively, are

3ROH + PCl3_3 →\to 3RCl + A

ROH + PCl5_5 →\to RCl + HCl + B

  1. 1H3_3PO4_4 and POCl3_3
  2. 2H3_3PO3_3 and POCl3_3Official answer
  3. 3POCl3_3 and H3_3PO3_3
  4. 4POCl3_3 and H3_3PO4_4

Official answer: option 2 · NTA final answer key

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The only question on Alcohols to Haloalkanes

No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.

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Haloalkanes and Haloarenes in ten years of NEET

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