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What happens when i. 2-Nitropropane boiled with HCl ii. Nitrobenzene electrolytic reduction in strongly acidic medium. |
Answer» Solution :i. 2-Nitropropane boiled with HCl: 2-nitropropane UPON hydrolysis with boiling HCl give a ketone (2-propanone) and NITROUS oxide.  ii. Nitrobenezen electrolytic reduction in strongly acidic medium: Electrolytic reduction of nitrobenzene in weakly acidic medium gives aniline but in strongly acidic medium, it gives p-aminophenol OBVIOUSLY through the acid - catalysed REARRANGEMENT of the INITIALLY formed phenylhydroxylamine. 
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