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JEE Main · Chemistry · Haloalkanes and Haloarenes

Allylic and Benzylic Reactivity in SN2

JEE Main asked Allylic and Benzylic Reactivity in SN2 3 times in 3 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2020 and 2024. It belongs to SN1 and SN2 Mechanisms, in Haloalkanes and Haloarenes (Chemistry). The longest wait between two years asking it was 4 years. In 2024 it came in more than one shift of the same year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
3
in 3 shifts
Years
2 of 8
First asked
2020
last in 2024
Pattern
Occasional
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2020 and 2024. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Chemistry questions.

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Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 1 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 0 in 24 shifts · 2023: 0 in 12 shifts · 2024: 2 in 18 shifts · 2025: 0 in 8 shifts · 2026: 0 in 9 shifts.

Shift by shift

Each square is one analysed shift, in date order. Open a filled one for that paper.

  • 20260 of 9
  • 20250 of 8
  • 20242 of 18
  • 20230 of 12
  • 20220 of 24
  • 20210 of 24
  • 20201 of 12
  • 20170 of 1

Asked in that shift More than once Not asked

How JEE Main framed it

Diagram based is the usual form. Skill tested: conceptual.

  • Assertion-reason on sn2 reactivity
  • Major product of 3,5-dibromocyclopentene with me2nh

Difficulty

Easy 1Medium 0Hard 2

Every question was multiple choice.

Every question

All 3 questions

From the official JEE Main shift papers, newest first. Open one for the full question, the options and the official answer.

  1. 9 Apr 2024, Shift 1 · Q73Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A) : SN2\mathrm{S_N2}…EasyAssertion–reason
  2. 4 Apr 2024, Shift 2 · Q76Find out the major product formed from the following reaction. [Me : −CH3-\mathrm{CH_3}] →Me2NH (2 equiv)\xrightarrow{\mathrm{Me_2NH\ (2\ equiv)}}HardDiagram basedHas a figure
  3. 3 Sep 2020, Shift 2 · Q42The decreasing order of reactivity of the following compounds towards nucleophilic substitution (SN2\mathrm{S_N2}) is : (I) [figure] (II)…HardDiagram basedHas a figure

Shifts: 3 Sep 2020, Shift 2, 4 Apr 2024, Shift 2, 9 Apr 2024, Shift 1.

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