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By the n plus one rule, a proton with three equivalent neighbours appears as a

  • A.quartet
  • B.triplet
  • C.doublet
  • D.singlet

Answer: A

Correct answer: quartet

The multiplicity is \( n + 1 \) where \( n \) is the number of equivalent neighbours, so three neighbours give four lines - a quartet - with intensities 1:3:3:1 from Pascal’s triangle. This is why the classical ethyl group shows a quartet for the methylene protons, which have three methyl neighbours, and a triplet for the methyl protons, which have two.

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