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Chemistry Question from JEE Main 2025 · 29 January, Shift 1

Reaction scheme showing a dibromonitrobenzene ring reacting with sodium ethoxide in ethanol to form product P.Text below the reaction scheme stating that product P formed is to be identified from the given structures.Option structure 1 showing bromonitrobenzene with one ethoxy substituent replacing one bromine atom.Option structure 2 showing nitrobenzene ring with two ethoxy substituents and no bromine substituent remaining.Option structures 3 and 4 showing alternative bromonitroethoxybenzene arrangements with different substitution positions.
  • A
    Benzene ring carrying an ethoxy group at C-1, a second ethoxy group at C-2 and a nitro group at C-4; both bromine atoms have been replaced.
  • B
    Benzene ring carrying an ethoxy group at C-1, a bromine atom at C-2 and a nitro group at C-4; one bromine has been replaced by the ethoxy group.
  • C
    Benzene ring carrying bromine atoms at C-1 and C-2 and an ethoxy group at C-4; the nitro group has been replaced.
  • D
    Benzene ring carrying bromine atoms at C-1 and C-2 and an ethoxy group at C-4; the nitro group has been replaced.

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