Given below are two statements: Statement-I: Compound (X), shown below, dissolves in $\mathrm{NaHCO}_{3}$ solution and has two chiral carbon atoms Statement-II: Compound (Y), shown below, has two carbons with $\mathrm{sp}^{3}$ hybridization, one carbon with $\mathrm{sp}^{2}$ and one carbon with sp hybridization In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(C) Both Statement I and Statement II are true

(A) Statement I is true but Statement II is false

(B) Statement I is false but Statement II is true

(D) Both Statement I and Statement II are false

JEE Main · 2026 · 21 Jan 2026 · Shift 2 · General Organic Chemistry

Given below are two statements:

Statement-I: Compound (X), shown below, dissolves in

NaHCO_{3}

solution and has two chiral carbon atoms

Statement-II: Compound (Y), shown below, has two carbons with

sp^{3}

hybridization, one carbon with

sp^{2}

and one carbon with sp hybridization

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(A)Statement I is true but Statement II is false
(B)Statement I is false but Statement II is true
(C)Both Statement I and Statement II are true✓ Correct
(D)Both Statement I and Statement II are false

Answer: (C)

Solution

Compound X carries a carboxylic acid group, acidic enough to react with sodium hydrogen carbonate and dissolve with effervescence. On its cyclopentane ring the carbon bearing the acid group and the neighbouring carbon bearing the aroyl group are each attached to four different groups, so the molecule has two chiral carbon atoms, and the first statement holds. In compound Y, the ethyl group supplies two