JEE Main · Chemistry · Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids
Intramolecular Cannizzaro Reaction
JEE Main asked Intramolecular Cannizzaro Reaction 2 times in 2 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2025 and 2026. It belongs to Aldol and Cannizzaro, in Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids (Chemistry). The longest wait between two years asking it was 1 year.
Updated 2026-10-24
- Times asked
- 2
- in 2 shifts
- Years
- 2 of 8
- First asked
- 2025
- last in 2026
- Pattern
- New since 2024
- across the analysed shifts
Questions on this idea a shift, by year
2017–2026. Asked in 2025 and 2026. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Chemistry questions.
Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 0 in 24 shifts · 2023: 0 in 12 shifts · 2024: 0 in 18 shifts · 2025: 1 in 8 shifts · 2026: 1 in 9 shifts.
Shift by shift
Each square is one analysed shift, in date order. Open a filled one for that paper.
How JEE Main framed it
Diagram based is the usual form. Skill tested: application.
- Deduce compound then predict base reaction product
- Predict product of reaction
Difficulty
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.
- 2 Apr 2026, Shift 2 · Q66An organic compound 'x' where molar ratio of C, O and H are equal, on treatment with 50% KOH under reflux followed by acidification…MediumSingle correct
- 3 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q68The major product (P) in the following reaction is : P (Major Product)MediumDiagram basedHas a figure
Shifts: 3 Apr 2025, Shift 2, 2 Apr 2026, Shift 2.
Same topic
Other ideas in Aldol and Cannizzaro
Aldol and Cannizzaro has 9 ideas JEE Main has asked; 8 of them came up in more than one question.
- Intramolecular Aldol5× · 2025
- Cannizzaro Reaction5× · 2024
- Self-Aldol Condensation4× · 2026
- Cross-Aldol Condensation3× · 2024
- Alpha-Hydrogen Acidity2× · 2025
- Claisen-Schmidt Condensation2× · 2024
- Haloform Interference with Aldol2× · 2021
- Cross-Cannizzaro Reactiononce · 2021