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JEE Main Chemistry question

ChemistryAlcohols, Phenols and EthersJEE Main

How many of the following processes will produce 1-methylcyclohexanol? (four reaction sequences, i–iv, each converting a cyclohexane/cyclohexene derivative through two or three steps)

Answer: 2

Solution

1-Methylcyclohexanol requires installing both a hydroxyl group and a methyl group on the same ring carbon. Checking each sequence for whether its steps correctly build this specific substitution pattern

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