Question

why aliphatic nitro compound dissolve in aqueous alkali

Answer 1

nitro compounds are organic compounds the contain one or more nitro functional group . the nitro group is one of the most common explosophores used globally. the nitro group is also strongly election withdrawing because of property c-h bonds alpha toh the nitro group can be acidic. for similar reasons the presence of nitro groups in aromatic compounds retards electrophilic aromatic substitutions. nitro groups are rarely found in nature being almost invariably produced by nitration starting with nitric acid.