JEE Main Chemistry question

Chemistry Chemistry in Everyday Life JEE Main

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Detergents are usually made from products obtained by cracking of petroleum, like:

(A)Chloroalkanes
(B)Sulphur compounds of benzeneCorrect
(C)
(D)Polyethylene derivatives

Answer: (B)

Solution

Synthetic detergents such as linear alkylbenzene sulphonates are manufactured starting from benzene (obtained from petroleum cracking/reforming) that is alkylated and then sulphonated to introduce the

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Question ID VK-151114