JEE Main2026Apr 4, Shift 1Chemistry
Q.
Product C of the following reaction sequence will be

- A
1-Bromo-4-nitrobenzene
- B
1,3,5-Tribromo-2-nitrobenzene
- C
4-Bromo-1-nitrobenzene
- D
1,3,5-Tribromobenzene
Solution

Step 1: Aniline with in water gives -tribromoaniline (), since the strongly activating directs Br to the ortho and para positions.
Step 2: at K diazotises the remaining , giving the aryldiazonium chloride of -tribromoaniline.
Step 3: Treatment with converts the diazonium chloride into the fluoroborate salt. Subsequent reaction with on heating is a variant of the Sandmeyer-style nitration: the group is replaced by .
The product is the original tribromo arene with where the amino group used to be: -tribromo--nitrobenzene.
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