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NEET UG 2026 · Chemistry · Question 79

NEET 2026 Chemistry, question 79

Question 79 of the NEET 2026 paper (re-exam) is a Chemistry question from Amines. Its idea, Reduction Methods for Amine Synthesis, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 2.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q79 · Chemistry

Identify the reactions which give aniline as the major product.

A. C6H5CN\mathrm{C_6H_5CN} →LiAlH4\xrightarrow{\text{LiAlH}_4}

B. C6H5CONH2\mathrm{C_6H_5CONH_2} →KOH, Br2\xrightarrow{\text{KOH, Br}_2}

C. C6H5NO2\mathrm{C_6H_5NO_2} →NaBH4\xrightarrow{\text{NaBH}_4}

D. C6H5NHCOCH3\mathrm{C_6H_5NHCOCH_3} →ΔHCl, H2O\xrightarrow[\Delta]{\text{HCl, H}_2\text{O}}

Choose the correct answer from the options given below.

The figure, described in words

Reactant structures drawn as benzene rings: A benzonitrile, B benzamide, C nitrobenzene, D acetanilide.

  1. 1A and B only
  2. 2B and D onlyOfficial answer
  3. 3A and C only
  4. 4C and D only

Official answer: option 2 · NTA final answer key

Same idea

The only question on Reduction Methods for Amine Synthesis

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

Reduction Methods for Amine Synthesis: every question and how it was framed

The chapter

Amines in ten years of NEET

18 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 1.7 a paper. Amines and Diazonium Salts alone had 18.

Amines: questions per paper

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