Main products formed during a reaction of 1-methoxy naphthalene with hydroiodic acid are:

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Solution

The correct option is D
Answer: (d)

It is a nucleophilic substitution reaction. Initially the lone pair of electrons on oxygen abstract the $H^{+}$ and then the $I^{-}$ will attack the less hindered methyl group and form methyl iodide.

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