JEE Mains · Chemistry · STD 12 - 8.2 Carboxylic acids and their derivative
Given below are two statements:
Statement-I : Compound (X), shown below , dissolves in \(NaHCO _3\) solution and has two chiral carbon atoms

Statement - II : Compound (Y), shown below, has two carbons with \(sp ^3\) hybridization, one carbon with \(sp ^2\) and one carbon with sp hybridization

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
- A Statement I is true but Statement II is false
- B Statement I is false but Statement II is true
- C Both Statement I and Statement II are true
- D Both Statement I and Statement II are false
Answer & Solution
Correct Answer
(C) Both Statement I and Statement II are true
Step-by-step Solution
Detailed explanation
Two chiral centre and due to presence of - COOH compound dissolves in \(NaHCO _3\).
See the Complete Solution
Get step-by-step explanations for this and 2.5 Lakh+ more JEE, NEET & CET questions.
- Unlock all solutions
- Practice the full chapter
- Track accuracy across PYQs
4.8 rated on Google Play · 14,000+ reviews
More questions from Chemistry
- In ammonium-phosphomolybdate, the oxidation state of Mo is \({ }^{+}\) \(..........\).JEE Mains 2023 Medium
- Correct statements from the following are:
A. Nitrogen in oxidation states from \(+1\) to \(+4\) disproportionates in acid medium.
B. Nitrogen has the ability to form \(d\pi - p\pi\) multiple bonds with itself and other elements with small size and high electronegativity.
C. N-N single bond is stronger than P-P single bond.
D. Nitrogen has highest density in its group due to small size.
E. The maximum covalency of nitrogen is four since it has only four valence orbitals for bonding.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:JEE Mains 2026 Medium - Borazine, also known as inorganic benzene, can be prepared by the reaction of \(3-equivalents\) of " \(X\) " with \(6-equivalents\) of "\(Y\)"."\(X\)" and "\(Y\)", respectively are.JEE Mains 2022 Medium
- From the following, how many compounds contain at least one secondary alcohol ?

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :JEE Mains 2026 Easy - 10 mL of 2 M NaOH solution is added to 20 mL of 1 M HCl solution kept in a beaker. Now, 10 mL of this mixture is poured into a volumetric flask of 100 mL containing 2 moles of HCl and made the volume upto the mark with distilled water. The solution in this flask is _______.JEE Mains 2025 Medium
- Consider the isomers of hydrocarbon with molecular formula \(C_5H_{10}\). These isomers do not decolourise \(KMnO_4\) solution. These isomers are subjected to chlorination with chlorine in presence of light to give monochloro compounds. The total number of monochloro compounds (structural isomers only) formed is _______.JEE Mains 2026 Hard
More PYQs from JEE Mains
- The decreasing order of hydride affinity for following carbocations is: Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
JEE Mains 2023 Medium - Let \(y=y_{1}(x)\) and \(y=y_{2}(x)\) be two distinct solutions of the differential equation \(\frac{d y}{d x}=x+y\), with \(y _{1}(0)=0\) and \(y _{2}(0)=1\) respectively. Then, the number of points of intersection of \(y=y_{1}(x)\) and \(y=y_{2}(x)\) is.JEE Mains 2022 Hard
- The strain-stress plot for materials A, B, C and D is shown in the figure. Which material has the largest Young's modulus?
JEE Mains 2026 Medium - If \({V}_{{A}}\) and \({V}_{{B}}\) are the input voltages (either \(5\, {V}\) or \(0\, {V}\) ) and \({V}_{0}\) is the output voltage then the two gates represented in the following circuit \((A)\) and \((B)\) are:- \((A)\quad\quad\quad\quad(B)\)
JEE Mains 2021 Hard - Each side of a box made of metal sheet in cubic shape is \('a'\) at room temperature \('T'\), the coefficient of linear expansion of the metal sheet is \(^{\prime} \alpha^{\prime}\). The metal sheet is heated uniformly, by a small temperature \(\Delta T\), so that its new temperature is \(T +\Delta T\). Calculate the increase in the volume of the metal box.JEE Mains 2021 Medium
- An ordinary dice is rolled for a certain number of times. If the probability of getting an odd number \(2\) times is equal to the probability of getting an even number \(3\) times, then the probability of getting an odd number for odd number of times isJEE Mains 2021 Hard