Electrolytic reduction of nitrobenzene in weakly acidic medium gives:

aniline

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nitrosobenzene

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N-phenylhydroxylamine

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P-hydroxyaniline

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Solution

The correct option is A aniline
Electrolytic reduction of nitrobenzene in a weakly acidic medium gives aniline but in a strongly acidic medium, it gives p-aminophenol through the acid-catalyzed rearrangement of the initially formed phenylhydroxylamine.

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