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JEE Main · Chemistry · Haloalkanes and Haloarenes

Ambident Nucleophiles (Cyanide vs Isocyanide)

JEE Main asked Ambident Nucleophiles (Cyanide vs Isocyanide) 2 times in 2 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2022 and 2024. It belongs to SN1 and SN2 Mechanisms, in Haloalkanes and Haloarenes (Chemistry). The longest wait between two years asking it was 2 years.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
2
in 2 shifts
Years
2 of 8
First asked
2022
last in 2024
Pattern
Occasional
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2022 and 2024. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Chemistry questions.

00.050.10’170’200’210.03’220’230.05’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 1 in 24 shifts · 2023: 0 in 12 shifts · 2024: 1 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
  • 20241 of 18
  • 20230 of 12
  • 20221 of 24
  • 20210 of 24
  • 20200 of 12
  • 20170 of 1

Asked in that shift More than once Not asked

How JEE Main framed it

Assertion–reason is the usual form. Skill tested: conceptual.

  • Assertion-reason on ambident nucleophile cyanide
  • Products from agcn and nacn with alkyl halide

Difficulty

Easy 0Medium 2Hard 0

Every question was multiple choice.

Every question

All 2 questions

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

  1. 1 Feb 2024, Shift 1 · Q74Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A) : Haloalkanes…MediumAssertion–reason
  2. 29 Jul 2022, Shift 1 · Q74[figure: CH3CH2CH2-Cl, a three-carbon chain bearing Cl; left arrow with AgCN, C2H5OH−H2O\mathrm{C_2H_5OH-H_2O} gives 'A' (Major Product); right…MediumDiagram basedHas a figure

Shifts: 29 Jul 2022, Shift 1, 1 Feb 2024, Shift 1.

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