JEE Main2026Jan 23, Shift 2Chemistry
Q.


Identify (P)

- A
1
- B
2
- C
3
- D
4
Solution
Step 1: Vicinal dibromide + removes the two bromines to give a cyclopentene with the methyl group on the saturated carbon (3-methylcyclopent-1-ene).
Step 2: Addition of to the alkene proceeds via Markovnikov addition. The initial secondary carbocation undergoes a shift to form the more stable tertiary carbocation at the carbon bearing the methyl group.
Step 3: attacks the tertiary carbon, placing the bromine on the same carbon as the methyl group.
The major product (P) has and on the same ring carbon, matching option (2).

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