Question

Toluene is nitrated and the resulting product is reduced with tin and hydrochloric acid. The product so obtained is diazotised and then heated with cuprous bromide. The reaction mixture so formed contains:

• A. mixture of o and p-bromotoluenes
• B. mixture of o and p-dibromobenzenes
• C. mixture of o and p-bromoanilines
• D. mixture ofoandm-bromotoluenes

Answer 1

The correct option is A mixture of o and p-bromotoluenes

Reaction mixture so formed contains ortho- and –para bromotoluenes.

Hence, the correct option is A.