| Assertion (A): | Nitration of benzene with nitric acid requires the use of concentrated sulphuric acid. |
| Reason (R): | The mixture of concentrated sulphuric acid and concentrated nitric acid produces the electrophile, NO2+ . |
| 1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
| 3. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
| 4. | (A) is False but (R) is True. |
Matching the following:
| List-I (Compound) | List-II (Characteristics) | ||
| a. | Benzene | (i) | Phosgene |
| b. | Ethylene | (ii) | Silver mirror |
| c. | Acetaldehyde | (iii) | Mustard gas |
| d. | Chloroform | (iv) | (4n+2)π -electron |
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| 1. | (iv) | (iii) | (i) | (ii) |
| 2. | (iv) | (iii) | (ii) | (i) |
| 3. | (iii) | (iv) | (ii) | (i) |
| 4. | (ii) | (i) | (iv) | (iii) |
On mixing a certain alkane with chlorine and irradiating it with ultraviolet light, it forms only one monochloroalkane.
Identify the possible alkane:
1. Propane
2. Pentane
3. Isopentane
4. Neopentane
| 1. | \(\stackrel{+}{\mathrm{N}} \mathrm{O}_2\) acts as an electrophile. |
| 2. | H2SO4 acts as an acid and HNO3 acts as a base. |
| 3. | Nitration is an electrophilic substitution reaction. |
| 4. | Nitro group has \(+I\) effect in directing substituents. |
Which species acts as an electrophile during the nitration of benzene?
| 1. | \( \mathrm{NO}_3^{-} \) | 2. | \(\mathrm{NO}_2^{-} \) |
| 3. | \(\mathrm{NO}_2^{+} \) | 4. | \(\mathrm{HNO}_3\) |