The intermediate compound formed during the reduction of nitrobenzene with zinc and ammonium chloride is:

nitrosobenzene

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azoxybenzene

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azobenzene

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phenylhydroxylamine

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Solution

The correct option is D nitrosobenzene
When nitrobenzene is reduced with zinc and ammonium chloride, nitrosobenzene is obtained as an intermediate compound which on further reduction gives phenylhydroxylamine.

$C_{6} H_{5} N O_{2} n i t r o b e n z e n e + 2 H z i n c d u s t + a m m o n i u m c h l o r i d e - ------------------ \to - w a t e r C_{6} H_{5} N O N i t r o s o b e n z e n e \to C_{6} H_{5} N H O H p h e n y l h y d r o x y l a m i n e$ .

Option A is correct.

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