Q9 · CSIR NET Chemistry, December 2014
Paper: CSIR NET December 2014 · Subject: Organic Chemistry · Chapter: Reagents, Reaction Mechanisms & Named Reactions · Topic: Reagents, Reaction Mechanisms & Named Reactions – General · Marks: 2 · Difficulty: Easy
The major product formed in the following reaction sequence is: 
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Answer
Answer: C ✓ checked by 4AB · confidence medium
Explanation
OMOM directs sec-BuLi ortho-lithiation, at the position away from the methyl (C-6, para to Me); CO₂ then gives the 2-OMOM-4-methylbenzoic acid (c).
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