Question

When chlorobenzene is heated with aq. ammonia in the presence of Cu₂O at high pressure, it gives ______.

Options

• aniline

• phenyl isocyanide

• diphenyl

• diphenylamine

Answer 1

When chlorobenzene is heated with aq. ammonia in the presence of Cu₂O at high pressure, it gives aniline.

Explanation:

Chlorobenzene reacts with aqueous ammonia in the presence of Cu₂O at high pressure to form aniline through a nucleophilic substitution reaction.

\[\ce{C6H5Cl + NH3 ->C6H5NH2}\]