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The major products M and N formed in the following reactions are

The correct answer is

To determine the major products M and N from the given reaction, we need to analyze the reagents used:

  1. The first reaction involves CH3I and NaOH with the aromatic compound. This is typically an O-methylation reaction. The hydroxyl group (-OH) on the pyridine ring reacts with CH3I to form an O-alkylated product. Therefore, product M is a methoxy derivative:
  1. The second reaction involves CH2N2, which is diazomethane. This reagent commonly converts alcohols into ethers or can cause diazo coupling. However, in this context, for pyridones, CH2N2 can form a methylated ether at the N-position of pyridones, leading to an N-methylation.

Thus, product N is an N-methylated derivative of the original pyridone.

By analyzing each step, we find that the correct products M and N should look like in the image provided above. Therefore, the correct structure is shown as follows:

Both reactions proceeded via nucleophilic substitution involving methoxide (CH3O-) and nitrogen from the diazomethane attacking the respective sites.

Conclusion: The correct answer is the structure corresponding to the image with data-src-id="696f859b5f38c9e57cfb2276", indicating both O- and N-methylation of the starting compound.

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