Named Organic Reactions
Familiarize yourself with key named reactions such as Etard, Rosenmund, Clemmensen, Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky, Hofmann, Claisen, and others.
Why this shows up in the exam
Direct questions on named reactions and their applications are common.
How NEET tests this
Practise it
These are real questions from past NEET papers that test this exact idea.
Match the compounds given in List-I with List-II and select the suitable option using the codes given below. List-I (A) Benzaldehyde (B) Phthalic anhydride (C) Phenyl benzoate (D) Methyl salicylate List-II (i) Phenolphthalein (ii) Benzoin condensation (iii) Oil of wintergreen (iv) Fries rearrangement
Push further
More challenging10 harder questions built from the past papers above — a step up in difficulty, with distractors designed so you can't get there by elimination. Written and checked by our reviewers, not from a real paper.
Consider the reaction of 3-phenylpropanoic acid with Br₂/P. What is the IUPAC name of the major organic product?
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