NEET 2015 Chemistry question

The electrolytic reduction of nitrobenzene in strongly acidic medium produces :-

(1)Azoxybenzene
(2)Azobenzene
(3)Aniline
(4)p-AminophenolCorrect

Answer: (4)

Solution

The product of reduction of nitrobenzene depends on the medium. Electrolytic reduction in weakly acidic medium gives aniline, whereas in strongly acidic medium nitrobenzene is reduced to phenylhydroxylamine (), which undergoes the Bamberger

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