JEE Advanced 2014 Paper 2 Chemistry Q17

Chemistry · Pericyclic Reactions, Radicals & Synthesis

Problem

Different possible thermal decomposition pathways for peroxyesters are shown below. Match each pathway from List I with an appropriate structure from List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists. Column I — P: Pathway P: homolysis followed by decarboxylation; Q: Pathway Q: concerted rearrangement of a tertiary peroxyester; R: Pathway R: fragmentation of a tertiary benzoyl peroxyester; S: Pathway S: benzoyloxy radical pathway Column Ii — 1: CX6HX5CHX2C(O)O−OCHX3\ce{C6H5CH2C(O)O-OCH3}; 2: CX6HX5C(O)O−OCHX3\ce{C6H5C(O)O-OCH3}; 3: CX6HX5CHX2C(O)O−OC(CHX3)X2CHX2CX6HX5\ce{C6H5CH2C(O)O-OC(CH3)2CH2C6H5}; 4: CX6HX5C(O)O−OC(CHX3)X2CX6HX5\ce{C6H5C(O)O-OC(CH3)2C6H5}

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