BCECE Engineering BCECE Engineering Solved Paper-2007

  • question_answer
    Nitrobenzene on treatment with zinc dust and aqueous ammonium chloride gives

    A)  \[{{C}_{6}}{{H}_{5}}-N=N-{{C}_{6}}{{H}_{5}}\]

    B)  \[{{C}_{6}}{{H}_{5}}N{{H}_{2}}\]

    C)  \[{{C}_{6}}{{H}_{5}}NO\]

    D)  \[{{C}_{6}}{{H}_{5}}NHOH\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    Key Idea: When nitrobenzene is reduced with a neutral reducing agent (Zn dust \[-N{{H}_{4}}Cl.Al-Hg\]couple and water etc), phenyl hydroxylamine is formed. \[{{C}_{5}}{{H}_{5}}N{{O}_{2}}+2[H]\xrightarrow[+N{{H}_{4}}Cl-{{H}_{2}}O]{Zn\,dust}\] \[\underset{\text{Nitrosobenzene}}{\mathop{{{C}_{6}}{{H}_{5}}NO}}\,\xrightarrow{2[H]}\underset{\begin{smallmatrix}  \text{Phenyl}\,\text{hydroxyl} \\  \,\,\,\,\,\,\text{amine} \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{{{C}_{6}}{{H}_{5}}NHOH}}\,\]


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