Q21 · CSIR-NET Chemistry, December 2019

Paper: CSIR-NET December 2019 · Subject: Organic Chemistry · Chapter: Organic Spectroscopy · Topic: Mass Spec · Marks: 2 · Difficulty: Medium

The compound that shows peaks in the EI mass spectrum at $m/z$ 121, 105, 77, 44 is
(a)Option (a) structure, ABC26OR0139
(b)Option (b) structure, ABC26OR0139
(c)Option (c) structure, ABC26OR0139
(d)Option (d) structure, ABC26OR0139
Answer
Answer: B ✓ checked by 4AB · confidence high
Explanation
Benzamide: M⁺ 121, loss of NH₂ gives PhCO⁺ 105, loss of CO gives C₆H₅⁺ 77, and H₂NCO⁺ appears at m/z 44 (b).

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