Hydrocarbons — JEE Main PYQs

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  1. In the following series of reactions identify the major products A & B respectively.

    Bromobenzene
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  2. Match List -I with List II:
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  3. In the above chemical reaction sequence "A" and " B " respectively are :
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  4. Given below are two statements :

    Statement I: Nitration of benzene involves the following step -

    Statement II: Use of Lewis base promotes the electrophilic substitution of benzene.

    In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given …
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  5. 9.3 g of pure aniline is treated with bromine water at room temperature to give a white precipitate of the product 'P'. The mass of product 'P' obtained is 26.4 g. The percentage yield is ____ %.
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  6. Identify A and B in the given chemical reaction sequence :-
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  7. The major products from the following reaction sequence are product A and product B.

    The total sum of π electrons in product A and product B are ______ (nearest integer)
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  8. The major products formed:

    A and B respectively are:
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  9. The ratio of number of oxygen atoms to bromine atoms in the product Q is ______ .
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  10. Major product B of the following reaction has ______ -bond.
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  11. What is the structure of C ?
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  12. Identify major product " X " formed in the following reaction :
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  13. Identify the product A and product B in the following set of reactions.
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  14. The incorrect statement regarding ethyne is
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  15. Number of compounds from the following which cannot undergo Friedel-Crafts reactions is :
    toluene, nitrobenzene, xylene, cumene, aniline, chlorobenzene, m-nitroaniline, m-dinitrobenzene
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  16. Cyclohexene is ______ type of an organic compound.
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  17. 3-Methylhex-2-ene on reaction with HBr in presence of peroxide forms an addition product (A). The number of possible stereoisomers for 'A' is ____.
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  18. Among the following, total number of meta directing functional groups is (Integer based)
    ,
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  19. The set of meta directing functional groups from the following sets is:
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  20. In the given reactions identify A and B .

    "B"
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  21. Identify A and B in the following sequence of reaction
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  22. Which of the following compound will most easily be attacked by an electrophile?
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  23. Given below are two statements:

    Statement (I): The group in Aniline is ortho and para directing and a powerful activating group.

    Statement (II): Aniline does not undergo Friedel-Craft's reaction (alkylation and acylation).

    In the light of the above statements …
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  24. Total number of deactivating groups in aromatic electrophilic substitution reaction among the following is
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  25. The final product A, formed in the following reaction sequence is:
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  26. The arenium ion which is not involved in the bromination of Aniline is .
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  27. Identify product A and product B :
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  28. Consider the given reaction. The total number of oxygen atoms present per molecule of the product (P) is ____.
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  29. Number of alkanes obtained on electrolysis of a mixture of and is ______.
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  30. Identify A and B in the following reaction sequence.
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  31. Identify major product ' P ' formed in the following reaction.
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  32. The correct order of reactivity in electrophilic substitution reaction of the following compounds is :
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  33. Number of isomeric products formed by monochlorination of 2-methylbutane in presence of sunlight is ____.
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  34. Product A and B formed in the following set of reactions are:
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  35. Number of bromo derivatives obtained on treating ethane with excess of , in diffused sunlight is...
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  36. The major product 'P' formed in the given reaction is:
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  37. Molar mass of the hydrocarbon (X) which on ozonolysis consumes one mole of per mole of (X) and gives one mole each of ethanal and propanone is ______ (Molar mass of C: , H: )
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  38. Arrange the following compounds in increasing order of rate of aromatic electrophilic substitution reaction
    (a) (see structure)
    (b) (see structure)
    (c) (see structure)
    (d) (see structure)
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  39. 2-hexene Products

    The two products formed in above reaction are -
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  40. In the following reaction ' X ' is
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  41. The product formed in the following multistep reaction is:
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  42. Decreasing order of reactivity towards electrophilic substitution for the following compounds is :
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  43. The major product formed in the Friedel-Craft acylation of chlorobenzene is .
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  44. But-2-yne is reacted separately with one mole of Hydrogen as shown below: …
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  45. In the following given reaction ' A ' is
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  46. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R. Assertion A: Benzene is more stable than hypothetical cyclohexatriene.
    Reason R : The delocalized electron cloud is attracted more strongly by nuclei of carbon atoms. In th …
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  47. Find out the major products from the following reactions.
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  48. Maximum number of isomeric monochloro derivatives which can be obtained from 2,2,5,5tetramethylhexane by chlorination is ______
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  49. 17 mg of a hydrocarbon (M.F. ) takes up 8.40 mL of the gas measured at and 760 mm of Hg. Ozonolysis of the same hydrocarbon yields

    The number of double bond/s present in the hydrocarbon is ______.
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  50. The major products 'A' and 'B', respectively, are
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