Mixing operator new[] and placement new with ordinary delete[]

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Just out of curiosity, is the following legal?

X* p = static_cast<X*>(operator new[](3 * sizeof(X)));
new(p + 0) X();
new(p + 1) X();
new(p + 2) X();

delete[] p;   // Am I allowed to use delete[] here? Or is it undefined behavior?

Similarly:

X* q = new X[3]();

(q + 2)->~X();
(q + 1)->~X();
(q + 0)->~X();
operator delete[](q);
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