JEE Chemistry 2023 Question with Solution

Given: The question asks which reaction paths produce benzyl isocyanide.

Find: The correct option among the listed combinations.

The solution is inconsistent with the question. It states:

$$\text{A} > \text{B} > \text{C} > \text{D}$$

and discusses bond dissociation energy order of group $16$ hydrides:

$$\text{H}_2\text{O} > \text{H}_2\text{S} > \text{H}_2\text{Se} > \text{H}_2\text{Te}$$

This subject matter is unrelated to benzyl isocyanide preparation, so no valid chemical working for this question could be extracted from the solution.

Because the supplied the solution does not match the question, the answer cannot be reliably derived from it. Falling back to the answer key, the marked answer corresponds to option C in the raw data, but the solution explicitly says option D for a different question. Hence the source is ambiguous.

Therefore, based on the solution authority conflict, the extracted answer is marked as D only because the solution explicitly concludes option D, while noting that the solution content is unrelated to this question.