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JEE Main 2024 · ChemistryMultiple choiceDiagram basedHardApplication

JEE Main 31 January 2024, Shift 2, Chemistry Q75

Question 75 of 90 in this shift, Chemistry question 15 of 30, Section A.

Major product of the following reaction is -

The figure, in words

Reaction scheme: 1-methylcyclopentene (methyl on the double-bond carbon, ring drawn with the C=C at the bottom left) treated with D-Cl gives '?'.
  1. (1)[figure: cyclopentane; left carbon bears D (top) and H (bottom), right carbon bears CH3 (top) and Cl (bottom)]Official answer
  2. (2)[figure: cyclopentane; left carbon bears D (top) and H (bottom), right carbon bears Cl (top) and CH3 (bottom)]
  3. (3)[figure: cyclopentane; left carbon bears H (top) and Cl (bottom), right carbon bears D (top) and CH3 (bottom)]
  4. (4)[figure: cyclopentane; left carbon bears Cl (top) and H (bottom), right carbon bears D (top) and CH3 (bottom)]

Official answer

Option 1

NTA final key.

Chapter
Hydrocarbons
Topic
Alkenes and Alkynes
Idea tested
Markovnikov's Rule Application

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Question text from the official JEE Main paper published by NTA; answer from the final answer key. Chapter, topic and idea tags, difficulty and skill are Lumi’s. This question needs a figure we do not reproduce; it is described in words above. Lumi analyses 108 of the 174 JEE Main shifts held from 2017 to 2026.