Nitrogen Containing Compounds Question 6

Question: p-chloroaniline and anilinium hydrochloride can be distinguished by [IIT-JEE 1998]

Options:

A) Sandmeyer reaction

B) $ NaHCO_3 $

C) $ AgNO_3 $

D) Carbylamine test

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Answer:

Correct Answer: C

Solution:

(1) With $ NaHCO_3 $ ® Anilinium hydrochloride is an acid salt and liberates $ CO_2 $ from $ NaHCO_3 $ . But p-chloro aniline is basic not acidic it does not liberate $ CO_2 $ . p-chloro aniline does not contain ionic chlorine to it does not give white ppt with $ AgNO_3 $