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A : Nitration of aniline can only be done by protecting NH2 group through acetylation.
R : Acetylation of aniline results in the increase of electron density at the benzene ring.


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If both Assertion and the Reason are true and the Reason is a correct explanation of the Assertion.
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If both the Assertion and the Reason are true but the Reason is not a correct explanation of the Assertion.
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If the Assertion is true but the Reason is false.
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If both the Assertion and the Reason are false.
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Solution

The correct option is C If the Assertion is true but the Reason is false.
In the above reaction, NH2 group is protected by an acetyl group because the NH2 group is highly reactive due to the presence of a lone pair on the nitrogen of aniline and the incoming NO2 has a tendency to accept the lone pair effectively.
So, acetylation of NH2 group is done to make it less reactive for the incoming NO2 group.

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