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Direct nitration of aniline is not carried out. Explain.

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Nitric acid being a strong oxidising agent oxidises most of aniline to form tarry oxidation products.
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  3. Direct nitration of aniline is not carried out. Explain.

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  4. Give reason: Aniline gets coloured on standing in air for a long time...

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  5. Which of the following exists as a zwitterion?

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  6. Mention two important uses of sulphanilic acid.

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  7. Statement 1: Primary, secondary and tertiary amines can be separated b...

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  8. Compound A (C(3)H(9)N) reacts with benzene sulphonyl chloride to form ...

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  9. Metntion the chief use of quaternary ammonium salts derived from long ...

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  10. What is diazotisation

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  11. Write the structure of benzenediazonium chloride?

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  12. Why are benzenediazonium salts soluble in water?

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  13. What is Sandmeyer reaction?

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  14. (a) Explain why an alkylamine is more basic than ammonia? (b) How wo...

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  15. Explain the following reactions by giving one example : (i) Carbylam...

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  16. What are the reaction involved in the reductive removal of nitro group...

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  17. How will you convert aniline into nitrobenzene without the intermediac...

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  18. What is a coupling reaction?

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  19. What product is formed when aniline is first diazotised and then react...

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  20. Give an example of Gomberg reaction.

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