What is the major product formed in the following reaction?
  

1.
2.
3.
4.
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The proposed mechanism for hydration of ethene to yield ethanol is as follows:

The wrong step in the above mechanism is:

1. Step 1 2. Step 2
3. Step 3 4. Both steps 2 and 3
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The major product of the reaction of salicylaldehyde with one equivalent of MeMgBr, followed by acid neutralization is:
 
I. II.
III. IV.

1. II.
2. I.
3. IV.
4. III.
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Consider the following reaction:

   
The correct conclusion about product P is:  
1. Both rings will be 5-membered.
2. Both rings will be 6-membered.
3. One ring is 5-membered and the other is 6-membered.
4. One of the rings is 4-membered.
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