Browse by Stream
QnA
Home
QnA
Go To Your Study Dashboard

Get Answers to all your Questions

header-bg qa
  • Home
  • Engineering
  • Benzene on nitration gives nitrobenzene in presence of <img alt="\mathrm{\mathrm{HNO}_{3} \: and \: \mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{SO}_{4}}" src="https://entrancecorner.codecogs.com/gif.latex?%5Cmathrm%7B%5Cmathrm%7BHNO%7D_%7B3%7D%20%5C%3A%20and%20%5C%3A%20%5Cmat

Benzene on nitration gives nitrobenzene in presence of \mathrm{\mathrm{HNO}_{3} \: and \: \mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{SO}_{4}} mixture, where :
Option: 1 both \mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{SO}_{4} and \mathrm{HNO}_{3} act as bases
Option: 2 \mathrm{HNO_3} acts as an acid and \mathrm{H_2SO_4} acts as a base
Option: 3 both \mathrm{H_2SO_4} and \mathrm{HNO_3} act as acids
Option: 4 \mathrm{HNO_3} acts as a base and \mathrm{H_2SO_4} acts as an acid

Answers (1)

best_answer

During nitration, a mixture of conc. \mathrm{HNO}_{3} and \mathrm{conc} \cdot \mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{SO}_{4} is taken as the nitrating mixture which generates the electrophile \mathrm{NO}_{2}{ }^{+}.

Here, \mathrm{HNO}_{3} acts as a base and is protonated to generate the leaving group \mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O}.

\mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{SO_4} acts as an acid.

Hence, the correct answer is option (4)

Posted by

sudhir.kumar

View full answer

JEE Main high-scoring chapters and topics

Study 40% syllabus and score up to 100% marks in JEE

Similar Questions

Trending Articles/News

anam-khan

BTech Admission 2025 Live: JEE Main correction window closes at 11:50 pm; VITEEE, SRMJEE, AEEE dates out
anam-khan

JEE Main 2025 application form correction begins at jeemain.nta.nic.in; editable fields
anam-khan

JEE Main 2025 application form correction window opens today; apply at jeemain.nta.nic.in

Latest Question