Question

Electrolytic reduction of nitrobenzene in weakly
acidic medium gives
(a) N-Phenylhydroxylamine
(b) Nitrosobenzene
(c) Aniline
(d) p-Hydroxyaniline

Answer 1

Answer:

(c) Aniline

Electrolytic reduction of nitrobenzene in weakly acidic medium gives aniline but in strongly acidic medium it gives p-aminophenol through the acid-catalysed rearrangement of the initially formed phenylhydroxylamine