Q19 of 31 Page 1

Write the structures of A, B and C in the following reactions:

A.


B.

a) Step 1: C6H5—COO-NH4+ C6H5 —CO--NH2 Benzamide (A)


Step 2:



(A) Aniline (B)


Step 3:


NH2 NHCOCH3



(B) acetanilide (C)


Thus, A is C6H5 —CO--NH2


B is C6H5—NH2


C is C6H5—NH—COCH3


b) Step 1: C6H5—N2+BF4- reacts with NaNO2 to form (A)


Step 2:



Nitrobenzene(A) Aniline (B)


Step 3:



Aniline(B) Carbylamine (C)
Note: The above reaction is carbylamine reaction.

In this reaction, primary aliphatic or aromatic amine is warmed with chloroform (CHCl3) and an alcoholic solution of KOH produce isocyanides or carbylamines which have very unpleasant odours

Thus, A is C6H5—NO2


B is C6H5—NH2


C is C6H5—NC

More from this chapter

All 31 →