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JEE Main 2 April 2017 (offline), Chemistry Q58

Question 58 of 90 in this shift, Chemistry question 28 of 30.

3-Methyl-pent-2-ene on reaction with HBr in presence of peroxide forms an addition product. The number of possible stereoisomers for the product is :

(1)Two
(2)FourOfficial answer
(3)Six
(4)Zero

Official answer

Option 2

CBSE answer key (25/04/2017, used for result).

Chapter: Hydrocarbons
Topic: Alkenes and Alkynes
Idea tested: Peroxide Effect (Anti-Markovnikov)

Same idea in other shifts

Asked 3× in all

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