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General Mechanism of Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution

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The electrolytic reduction of nitrobenzene in strongly acidic medium produces :

A

Aniline

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p - Aminophenol

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C

Azoxybenzene

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D

Azobenzene

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Solution

The correct option is B
p - Aminophenol

Electrolytic reduction of nitrobenzene in weakly acidic medium gives aniline but in strongly acidic medium, it gives para-amino phenol obviously through the acid catalysed rearrangement of initially formed phenyl hydroxyl amine.

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