JEE PYQ: Chemistry In Everyday Life Question 9
Question 9 - 2020 (03 Sep Shift 1)
The antifertility drug “Novestrol” can react with:
(a) $\text{ZnCl}_2/\text{HCl}$; $\text{FeCl}_3$; Alcoholic HCN (b) $\text{Br}_2$/water; $\text{ZnCl}_2/\text{HCl}$; $\text{FeCl}_3$ (c) Alcoholic HCN; NaOCl; $\text{ZnCl}_2/\text{HCl}$ (d) $\text{Br}_2$/water; $\text{ZnCl}_2/\text{HCl}$; NaOCl
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Answer: (d)
Solution
Novestrol has phenolic, alcoholic and terminal alkyne groups, so it can react with $\text{Br}_2$/water, $\text{ZnCl}_2/\text{HCl}$ as well as NaOCl.
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