JEE MAIN - Chemistry (2025 - 2nd April Morning Shift - No. 1)

Consider the following compound (X)

JEE Main 2025 (Online) 2nd April Morning Shift Chemistry - Basics of Organic Chemistry Question 14 English

The most stable and least stable carbon radicals, respectively, produced by homolytic cleavage of corresponding $\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{H}$ bond are :

III, II

II, IV

I, IV

II, I

JEE Main 2025 (Online) 2nd April Morning Shift Chemistry - Basics of Organic Chemistry Question 14 English Explanation

II most stable carbon radical due to resonance stablise

I least stable carbon radical due to no stabilising factor.