Question

What happen when bromine water is added to aniline?

Answer 1

as Br is highly reactive in presence of water it occupies 2,4,6 position of toluene and form 2,4,6 tribromo aniline

Answer 2

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As we know that -NH2 is ring activating grp means ortho and para directing group so phenyl ring in phenynamine will show substitution reaction , and ring is highly activated than Br will occupy all the ortho and para positions of ring.

the reactions will be:

phenylamine + 3Br2 --------> 2,4,6-tribromophenylamine + 2HBr

the following attatchment shown the structural reaction:



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