Q14 · CSIR-NET Chemistry, December 2017
Paper: CSIR-NET December 2017 · Subject: Organic Chemistry · Chapter: Reagents, Reaction Mechanisms & Named Reactions · Topic: Named Reactions · Marks: 2 · Difficulty: Medium
The kinetic product formed in the following reaction is: 
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Answer
Answer: D ✓ checked by 4AB · confidence high
Explanation
Kinetic sulfonation of 2-naphthol occurs at the activated α-position (C-1, ortho to OH) giving 2-hydroxynaphthalene-1-sulfonic acid (d); the 6-sulfonic acid (c) is the thermodynamic product.
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