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Which of the following compounds will not undergo azo coupling reaction with benzene diazonium chloride?

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  1. Aniline

  2. Phenol

  3. Anisole

  4. Nitrobenzene

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Diazonium cation is weak electrophile and hence it reacts with electron rich compounds containing electron donating groups such as $-OH$, $-NH _2$ and $OCH _3$ groups and not with compounds containing electron withdrawing groups such as $-NO _2$ etc.


Hence,option D is correct.

Which of the following diazonium salt is relatively stable of $0-5^o$C?

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  1. $CH _3CH _2N\equiv N}^{\oplus}Cl^-$

  2. $CH _3-C(CH _3) _2-N\equiv N}^{\oplus} Cl^-$

  3. $CH _3-N\equiv N}^{\oplus}Cl^-$

  4. $(CH _3) _3C-N\equiv N}^{\oplus}Cl^-$

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Correct Option: C

Which of the following diazonium salt is relatively stable at $0-{ 5^0 }^{ }C$?

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  1. ${ CH } _{ 3 }-N\equiv N{ } }^{ \oplus }C{ l }^{ - }$

  2. ${ \left( { CH } _{ 3 } \right) } _{ 2 }CH-N\equiv N{ } }^{ \oplus }{ Cl }^{ - }$

  3. ${ C } _{ 6 }{ H } _{ 5 }-N\equiv N{ } }^{ \oplus }{ Cl }^{ - }$

  4. ${ \left( { CH } _{ 3 } \right) } _{ 3 }C-N\equiv N{ } }^{ \oplus }{ Cl }^{ - }$

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The $+I$ effect which stabilizes the ${ N }^{ + }$ion is in the following order ${ C } _{ 6 }{ H } _{ 5 }-<{ CH } _{ 3 }-<{ \left( { CH } _{ 3 } \right)  } _{ 2 }-<{ \left( { CH } _{ 3 } \right)  } _{ 3 }$

$\therefore $ The ${ \left{ { \left( { CH } _{ 3 } \right)  } _{ 3 }C-N\equiv N \right}  }^{ + }{ Cl }^{ - }$ is most stable

Which of the following is an Incorrect statement about benzenediazonium chloride?

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  1. It is prepared by the reaction of aniline with nitrous acid at 273-278 K

  2. It is a colourless crystalline solid

  3. Alkyl diazonium salts are more stable than arenediazonium salts

  4. Benzene diazonium fluoroborate is water insoluble & stable at room temperature

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Correct Option: C

For the successful diazotisation of arylamines, how many mole of mineral acid $(HCl \quad or \quad H _2SO _4 )$ are required for each mole of the amine?

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  1. 1

  2. 2

  3. 3

  4. 4

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Correct Option: C

In an analytical determination of arsenic, a solution containing arsenious acid, $ H _{3}AsO _{4},$ KI and a small amount of starch is electrolysed. The electrolysis produces free $I _{2}$ from $ I^{-}$ ions and the $ I _{2}$ immediately oxidizes the arsenious acid to hydrogen arsenate ion, $ HAsO _{4}^{2-}.$
$ I _{2}+H _{3}AsO _{3}+H _{2}O \rightarrow 2I^{-} + HAsO _{4}^{2-}+4H^{+}$
When the oxidation of arsenic is complete, the free iodine blue colour. If during a particular run, it takes 96.5 s for a current of 10.0 mA to give an end point (indicated by the blue colour),how many g of arsenic are present in the solution. (As = 75)

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  1. $ 6.3 \times 10^{-4} g$

  2. $1.26 \times 10^{-4}g$

  3. $ 3.15 \times 10^{-5}g$

  4. $ 6.3 \times 10^{-5}g$

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Correct Option: D

State, whether the following statements are True or False:
Aniline forms phenol when treated with nitrous acid.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B

Which of the following amines form unstable diazonium salt?

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  1. ${ C } _{ 6 }{ H } _{ 5 }{ NH } _{ 2 }$

  2. $\left( { C } _{ 2 }{ H } _{ 5 } \right) _{ 2 }NH$

  3. $\left( { C } _{ 2 }{ H } _{ 5 } \right) _{ 3 }N$

  4. ${ CH } _{ 3 }{ NHC } _{ 2 }{ H } _{ 5 }$

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Correct Option: B,C,D
Explanation:

Only primary aromatic amines form stable arene diazonium salts.
The reaction is as follows:

$C _{6}H _{5}NH _{2} + NaNO _{2} + HCl (0-5^{\circ}C) \rightarrow PhN _{2}^{+}Cl^{-}$

Remain forms the unstable diazonium salt.
So, the correct options are $B$, $C$, $D$

Reaction at ${ 0-5 }^{ 0 }C$ between aniline, ${ NaNO } { 2 }$ and HCl is known as___________

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  1. Suphonation of benzene

  2. Acylation of aniline

  3. Alkylation of aniline

  4. Diazotisation

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

This is the diazotization reaction.


The reaction goes as follows :
$PhNH _{2} + NaNO _{2} + HCl \rightarrow PhN _{2}^{+} Cl^{-}$

The benzendiazonium salt thus formed acts as a synthetic intermediate and can be used to synthesize a wide variety of substituted benzene compounds.

For example,
$PhN _{2}^{+} Cl^{-} + CuCN \rightarrow PhCN$ (cyanobenzene)
$PhN _{2}^{+} Cl^{-} + CuI (KI) \rightarrow PhI$ (iodobenzene)

Option D is correct.

Aniline when treated with $NaNO { 2 }$ and $HCl$ at $0- { 5 }^{ 0 }C$ gives ___________ as a product.

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  1. chloroaniline

  2. benzene diazonium chloride

  3. chlorobenzene

  4. dichlorobenzene

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Aniline reacts with sodium nitrite and HCl in cold condition to form benzene diazonium chloride.
$\underset {aniline} {{ C } _{ 6 }{ H } _{ 5 }{ NH } _{ 2 }}\xrightarrow [ { NaNO } _{ 2 } ]{ HCl } \underset {benzene diazonium chloride} {[C _6H _5-N _2^+Cl^-]}$