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Example of vinylic halide is :

  1. (a)
    Option (a)
  2. (b)
    Option (b)
  3. (c)
    Option (c)
  4. (d)
    Option (d)
Answer and solution

Answer (d)

Solution

Chemistry ma’am · 3 steps

Find the carbon that holds X: if that carbon is part of the C=C itself, the halide is vinylic.

  1. Three labels. Vinylic: X sits on an sp² carbon of a C=C. Allylic: X sits on an sp³ carbon right next to a C=C. Aryl: X sits on a benzene ring carbon.
  2. How to check. Do not stop once you see a double bond somewhere in the molecule. Look only at the carbon bonded to X and ask whether that carbon is one end of the C=C.
    OptionCarbon holding XType
    (a) X on cyclohexene ringsp³ ring carbon next to the C=Callylic
    (b) CH₂X on cyclohexenesp³ CH₂ carbon next to the C=Callylic
    (c) X on benzenesp² carbon of an aromatic ringaryl
    (d) XCH= on cyclohexanesp² carbon of the exocyclic C=Cvinylic
  3. So. Only in (d) is X bonded directly to a carbon of the C=C double bond, so (d) is the vinylic halide.

The idea to keep. Vinylic means X on a double-bond carbon. Allylic means X one carbon away from it. Aryl means X on a benzene ring. Always check the carbon that carries X.

Answer from the NTA final answer key. Solution by PrepWiser.

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