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MCQMediumJEE Main 2026 · 21 January, Shift 2Carboxylic Acids

Chemistry Question from JEE Main 2026 · 21 January, Shift 2

Given below are two statements :

Statement I : Compound (X)(X), shown below, dissolves in NaHCO3NaHCO_3 solution and has two chiral carbon atoms.

Structure of compound X: a 4-bromophenyl ring joined through a ketone carbonyl to C2 of a cyclopentane ring that carries a COOH group at C1

Statement II : Compound (Y)(Y), shown below, has two carbons with sp3sp^3 hybridization, one carbon with sp2sp^2 and one carbon with spsp hybridization.

Structure of compound Y: the ketene CH3-CH2-CH=C=O, an ethyl group attached to a carbon-carbon double bond that is cumulated with a carbon-oxygen double bond

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

  • A

    Statement I is false but Statement II is true

  • B

    Both Statement I and Statement II are false

  • C

    Both Statement I and Statement II are true

  • D

    Statement I is true but Statement II is false

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