MCQMediumJEE Main 2023 · 11 April, Shift 1Electronic Effects (Inductive, Resonance, Hyperconjugation)

Chemistry Question from JEE Main 2023 · 11 April, Shift 1

A bicyclic alcohol — a cis-fused decalin (two fused cyclohexane rings) bearing a methyl group at one ring-fusion carbon and an OH\mathrm{OH} group on the adjacent carbon — is treated with HBr\mathrm{HBr} to give the major product A'A'.

The number of hyperconjugation structures involved to stabilize the carbocation formed in the above reaction is _____

A decalin skeleton (two fused cyclohexane rings) carrying a methyl group at the ring-fusion carbon and an OH group on the neighbouring carbon, reacting with HBr to give the major product 'A'.
  • A

    66

  • B

    77

  • C

    88

  • D

    99

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