A compound is heated with zinc dust and ammonium chloride followed by addition of the Tollen's reagent. Formation of silver mirror indicates the presence of following group?
A
−NO2
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B
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C
−CHO
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D
NH2
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Solution
The correct option is A−NO2 When nitro benzene heated with zinc dust and ammonium chloride followed by addition of ammonical silver nitrate, the formed silver mirror indicates the compound is having an amino group in it.