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HTML

<body>
    <table class="table">
        <tr>
            <td class="td1"></td>
            <td class="td2">A</td>
            <td class="td3">B</td>
            <td class="td4">C</td>
            <td class="td5">D</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>1</td>
            <td>A1</td>
            <td>B1</td>
            <td>C1</td>
            <td>D1</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>2</td>
            <td>A2</td>
            <td>B2</td>
            <td>C2</td>
            <td>D2</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>3</td>
            <td>A3</td>
            <td>B3</td>
            <td>C3</td>
            <td>D3</td>
        </tr>
    </table>
</body>

JavaScript

$('td:not(.td2)').click(function () {
    var clickedCell = $(this).text();
    alert(clickedCell);
});