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JEE Main 202225 JuneEvening Shift
Exam
JEE Main
Year
2022
Date
25 June
Shift
Evening Shift
Subject
Chemistry
Chapter
Chemistry in Everyday Life

JEE Main 2022 · 25 June · Evening Shift · Chemistry · Chemistry in Everyday Life

An antiseptic dettol is a mixture of two compounds ' A ' and ' B '...

An antiseptic dettol is a mixture of two compounds 'AA' and 'BB' where AA has 6π6\pi electrons and BB has 2π2\pi electrons. What is BB?An antiseptic dettol is a mixture of two compounds ' A ' and ' B ' where A has 6π electrons and B has 2π electrons.

Options

  1. ABithional
  2. B

    Terpineol

  3. CChlorophenol
  4. DChloroxyenol

Correct answer

B.

Terpineol

Step-by-step solution

An antiseptic dettol is a mixture of two compounds ' A ' and ' B ' where A has 6π electrons and B has 2π electrons.

dettol is a mixture of chloroxylenol and terpineol. chloroxylenol has 6 \pi\text{6 \pi} electrons and ~terpineol has 2 \pi\text{2 \pi} electrons.

Hence,B is terpineol.

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