Haloalkanes and Haloarenes — JEE Main PYQs

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  1. Reaction of Grignard reagent, with followed by hydrolysis gives compound "A" which reacts instantly with Lucas reagent to give compound …
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  2. The major product of the following reaction, if it occurs by SN2 mechanism, is : [reaction scheme + structure options — see source PDF]
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  3. Consider the following reactions, which of these reaction(s) will not produce Saytzeff product?

    Which of these reaction(s) will not produce Saytzeff product?
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  4. For the following reactions:

    where,

    and are respectively, the rate constant for substitution and elimination, and , the correct option is ____
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  5. The decreasing order of reactivity towards dehydrohalogenation reaction of the following compounds is :
    (A)
    (B)
    (C)
    (D)
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  6. The mechanism of reaction is given as:

    A student writes general characteristics based on the given mechanism as:
    (a) The reaction is favoured by weak nucleophiles.
    (b) would be easily formed if the substituents are bulky.
    (c) The …
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  7. The decreasing order or reactivity of the following compounds towards nucleophilic substitution is:
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  8. The major products of the following reaction are:
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  9. The decreasing order of reactivity of the following organic molecules towards solution is:
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  10. Which of the following compounds will form the precipitate with aq. solution most readily ?
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  11. Which of the following compounds will produce a precipitate with ?
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  12. The major product(s) obtained in the following reaction is/ are:
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  13. The major product obtained in the given reaction is
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  14. Which one of the following is likely to give a precipitate with solution?
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  15. An 'Assertion' and a 'Reason' are given below. Choose the correct answer from the following options.
    Assertion (A): Vinyl halides do not undergo nucleophilic substitution easily.
    Reason (R): Even though the intermediate carbocation is stabilized by loosely held p-electrons, the c …
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  16. Increasing order of reactivity of the following compounds for substitution is:
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  17. Which of the following potential energy (PE) diagrams represents the reaction?
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  18. Increasing rate of reaction in the following compounds is
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  19. The increasing order of the reactivity of the following halides for the reaction

    (I) (see structure)
    (II)
    (III) …
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  20. Which of the following, upon treatment with tert-BuONa followed by addition of bromine water, fails to decolourize the colour of bromine?
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  21. The major product obtained in the following reaction is: [PhCHBr-CH₂Ph treated with tBuOK — structure in source]
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  22. 2-chloro-2-methylpentane on reaction with sodium methoxide in methanol yields :
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  23. The synthesis of alkyl fluorides is best accomplished by:
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  24. In reactions, the correct order of reactivity for the following compounds: and is:
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  25. The major organic compound formed by the reaction of 1,1,1-trichloroethane with silver powder is:
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  26. Compound (A), , gives a white precipitate when warmed with alcoholic . Oxidation of (A) gives a acid (B), . (B) easily forms anhydride on heating. Identify the compound (A) …
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  27. What is DDT among the following :
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  28. Consider the following bromides:

    The correct order of reactivity is
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  29. Which of the following on heating with aqueous KOH , produces acetaldehyde ?
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  30. The organic chloro compound, which shows complete stereochemical inversion during a reaction, is
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  31. The treatment of with produces
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  32. Which of the following is the correct order of decreasing reactivity?
    ( halogen)
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  33. Phenyl magnesium bromide reacts with methanol to give
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  34. The decreasing order of the rate of the above reaction with nucleophiles ( ) A to D is , ( …
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  35. The structure of the major product formed in the following reaction
    (see structure)
    is
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  36. Reaction of trans-2-phenyl-1-bromocyclopentane on reaction with alcoholic KOH produces
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  37. The alkene formed as a major product in the above elimination reaction is
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  38. Tertiary alkyl halides are practically inert to substitution by mechanism because of
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  39. Alkyl halides react with dialkyl copper reagents to give
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  40. Elimination of bromine from 2-bromobutane results in the formation of-
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  41. The compound formed on heating chlorobenzene with chloral in the presence concentrated sulphuric acid is
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  42. Acetyl bromide reacts with excess of followed by treatment with a saturated solution of given
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