Q31 · CSIR NET Chemistry, June 2011
Paper: CSIR NET June 2011 · Subject: Organic Chemistry · Chapter: Reagents, Reaction Mechanisms & Named Reactions · Topic: Named Reactions · Marks: 2 · Difficulty: Easy
The major product formed in the following reaction is: 
2. $\mathrm{MeI}$
2. $\mathrm{MeI}$(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Answer
Answer: B ✓ checked by 4AB · confidence high
Explanation
The N,N-diethylamide is a strong directed-metallation group: sec-BuLi/TMEDA lithiates ortho, and MeI gives 2-methyl-N,N-diethylbenzamide (b).
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