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NCERT Exercises and Solutions: Amines

🎓 Class 12 Chemistry CBSE Theory Ch 9 – Amines ⏱ ~8 min
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Amines — Summary and NCERT Exercises

Chapter Summary

Amines can be considered as derivatives of ammonia obtained by replacement of hydrogen atoms with alkyl or aryl groups. Replacement of one hydrogen atom gives R–NH₂, a primary amine; secondary amines are R₂NH or R–NHR′, and tertiary amines R₃N. Secondary and tertiary amines are simple if the groups are the same and mixed if they differ. Like ammonia, all three types carry one unshared electron pair on nitrogen, due to which they behave as Lewis bases.

Amines are usually formed from nitro compounds, halides, amides and imides. They exhibit hydrogen bonding, which influences their physical properties. In alkylamines a combination of electron-releasing, steric and hydrogen-bonding factors influences the stability of the substituted ammonium cations in protic polar solvents and thus affects basic nature. Alkylamines are stronger bases than ammonia. In aromatic amines, electron-releasing and electron-withdrawing groups respectively increase and decrease basic character; aniline is a weaker base than ammonia.

Reactions of amines are governed by the availability of the unshared pair of electrons on nitrogen. The influence of the number of hydrogen atoms at the nitrogen atom on the type of reaction and nature of products is responsible for the identification and distinction between primary, secondary and tertiary amines. p-Toluenesulphonyl chloride is used for this identification. The presence of an amino group in an aromatic ring enhances reactivity of aromatic amines, and this reactivity can be controlled by acylation — treating with acetyl chloride or acetic anhydride. Tertiary amines like trimethylamine are used as insect attractants.

Aryldiazonium salts, usually obtained from arylamines, undergo replacement of the diazonium group with a variety of nucleophiles to provide advantageous methods for producing aryl halides, cyanides, phenols and arenes by reductive removal of the diazo group. Coupling reactions of aryldiazonium salts with phenols or arylamines give rise to azo dyes.

Chapter 9 in one picture AMINE R–NH₂ lone pair on N drives everything MADE FROM –NO₂ · R–X · R–CN amide · phthalimide BASE 2° > 1° > 3° in water aniline weakest IDENTIFIED BY carbylamine (1° only) Hinsberg · HNO₂ DIAZONIUM Ar–N₂⁺ → F Cl Br I CN OH NO₂ H · azo dyes Count the N–H hydrogens and you can predict almost every reaction in this chapter. Two → 1° tests positive · One → 2° · None → 3° unreactive
A single-page revision map of Chapter 9.

NCERT Exercises — Worked Solutions

Exercise 9.1 — IUPAC names and classification

(i) (CH₃)₂CHNH₂ → propan-2-amine, .   (ii) CH₃(CH₂)₂NH₂ → propan-1-amine, .

(iii) CH₃NHCH(CH₃)₂ → N-methylpropan-2-amine, .   (iv) (CH₃)₃CNH₂ → 2-methylpropan-2-amine, (nitrogen carries only one carbon).

(v) C₆H₅NHCH₃ → N-methylaniline (N-methylbenzenamine), .   (vi) (CH₃CH₂)₂NCH₃ → N-ethyl-N-methylethanamine, .

(vii) m-BrC₆H₄NH₂ → 3-bromoaniline (3-bromobenzenamine), .

Exercise 9.2 — One chemical test to distinguish each pair

(i) Methylamine and dimethylamine. Carbylamine test. Methylamine (1°) with CHCl₃ and ethanolic KOH gives the foul-smelling methyl isocyanide; dimethylamine (2°) gives no such smell.

(ii) Secondary and tertiary amines. Hinsberg test. The 2° amine reacts with benzenesulphonyl chloride to give a sulphonamide insoluble in alkali; the 3° amine does not react at all.

(iii) Ethylamine and aniline. Azo dye test — diazotise each at 273–278 K and couple with alkaline 2-naphthol. Aniline gives a brilliant orange-red azo dye; ethylamine, being aliphatic, simply evolves nitrogen and gives ethanol, with no dye. (Alternatively, aniline gives a white precipitate with bromine water; ethylamine does not.)

(iv) Aniline and benzylamine. Bromine water. Aniline, having the –NH₂ attached directly to the highly activated ring, gives an immediate white precipitate of 2,4,6-tribromoaniline. Benzylamine's ring is not activated, so no precipitate forms.

(v) Aniline and N-methylaniline. Carbylamine test. Aniline is a primary amine and gives the offensive phenyl isocyanide; N-methylaniline is secondary and does not respond.

Exercise 9.3 — Account for the following

(i) pKb of aniline is more than that of methylamine. In aniline the lone pair on nitrogen is in conjugation with the benzene ring and is delocalised over it, so it is much less available for protonation. In methylamine the +I effect of the methyl group actually increases electron density on nitrogen. Hence aniline is the weaker base and its pKb is higher (9.38 against 3.38).

(ii) Ethylamine is soluble in water whereas aniline is not. Ethylamine forms hydrogen bonds with water through its small –NH₂ group and short ethyl chain. In aniline the large hydrophobic benzene ring dominates the molecule, so hydrogen bonding with water cannot compensate and solubility is very low.

(iii) Methylamine in water reacts with ferric chloride to precipitate hydrated ferric oxide. Methylamine is a base and in water it produces hydroxide ions: CH₃NH₂ + H₂O → CH₃NH₃⁺ + OH⁻. These hydroxide ions then react with Fe³⁺: Fe³⁺ + 3OH⁻ → Fe(OH)₃, precipitated as hydrated ferric oxide, Fe₂O₃·xH₂O.

(iv) Aniline on nitration gives a substantial amount of m-nitroaniline. Nitration is carried out in a strongly acidic medium, in which aniline is protonated to the anilinium ion. The –N⁺H₃ group is meta-directing, so alongside the ortho and para products from the unprotonated amine, a significant amount of the meta isomer is formed.

(v) Aniline does not undergo Friedel–Crafts reaction. The Lewis acid catalyst AlCl₃ forms a salt with the lone pair on nitrogen. The nitrogen thereby acquires a positive charge and becomes a strong deactivating group, so the ring is no longer susceptible to electrophilic attack.

(vi) Diazonium salts of aromatic amines are more stable than those of aliphatic amines. In an arenediazonium ion the positive charge is delocalised into the benzene ring by resonance, which stabilises it enough to survive in cold solution. An alkyldiazonium ion has no such delocalisation and decomposes immediately with loss of nitrogen.

(vii) Gabriel phthalimide synthesis is preferred for synthesising primary amines. It gives an exclusively primary amine. The nitrogen is held between the two carbonyl groups of the phthalimide ring and can be alkylated only once, so the secondary, tertiary and quaternary products that contaminate ammonolysis cannot form.

Exercise 9.4 — Arrange the following

(i) Decreasing order of pKb: C₆H₅NH₂ > C₆H₅NHCH₃ > C₂H₅NH₂ > (C₂H₅)₂NH. (Higher pKb = weaker base, so aniline first.)

(ii) Increasing order of basic strength: C₆H₅NH₂ < C₆H₅N(CH₃)₂ < CH₃NH₂ < (C₂H₅)₂NH.

(iii)(a) p-Nitroaniline < aniline < p-toluidine.   (iii)(b) C₆H₅NH₂ < C₆H₅NHCH₃ < C₆H₅CH₂NH₂.

(iv) Decreasing order of basic strength in the gas phase: (C₂H₅)₃N > (C₂H₅)₂NH > C₂H₅NH₂ > NH₃ — the pure inductive order, with no solvation to disturb it.

(v) Increasing order of boiling point: (CH₃)₂NH < C₂H₅NH₂ < C₂H₅OH. (No N–H in the tertiary sense is not the issue here — the 2° amine has one N–H, the 1° amine has two, and the alcohol's O–H bonding is strongest of all.)

(vi) Increasing order of solubility in water: C₆H₅NH₂ < (C₂H₅)₂NH < C₂H₅NH₂.

Exercise 9.5 — How will you convert

(i) Ethanoic acid into methanamine (2 C → 1 C, descent). CH₃COOH —[NH₃, Δ]→ CH₃CONH₂ —[Br₂ + 4NaOH]→ CH₃NH₂.

(ii) Hexanenitrile into 1-aminopentane (6 C → 5 C). CH₃(CH₂)₄CN —[H₃O⁺]→ CH₃(CH₂)₄COOH —[NH₃, Δ]→ CH₃(CH₂)₄CONH₂ —[Br₂/NaOH]→ CH₃(CH₂)₄NH₂.

(iii) Methanol to ethanoic acid (1 C → 2 C, ascent). CH₃OH —[HI or PCl₅]→ CH₃I —[KCN]→ CH₃CN —[H₃O⁺, hydrolysis]→ CH₃COOH.

(iv) Ethanamine into methanamine (2 C → 1 C). C₂H₅NH₂ —[HNO₂]→ C₂H₅OH —[oxidation, KMnO₄]→ CH₃COOH —[NH₃, Δ]→ CH₃CONH₂ —[Br₂/NaOH]→ CH₃NH₂.

(v) Ethanoic acid into propanoic acid (2 C → 3 C). CH₃COOH —[LiAlH₄]→ CH₃CH₂OH —[PCl₅ or HI]→ CH₃CH₂Cl —[KCN]→ CH₃CH₂CN —[H₃O⁺]→ CH₃CH₂COOH.

(vi) Methanamine into ethanamine (1 C → 2 C). CH₃NH₂ —[HNO₂]→ CH₃OH —[PCl₅]→ CH₃Cl —[KCN]→ CH₃CN —[LiAlH₄]→ CH₃CH₂NH₂.

(vii) Nitromethane into dimethylamine. CH₃NO₂ —[Sn/HCl reduction]→ CH₃NH₂; then alkylate with methyl iodide, CH₃NH₂ + CH₃I → (CH₃)₂NH (separated from over-alkylated products).

(viii) Propanoic acid into ethanoic acid (3 C → 2 C). CH₃CH₂COOH —[NH₃, Δ]→ CH₃CH₂CONH₂ —[Br₂/NaOH]→ CH₃CH₂NH₂ —[HNO₂]→ CH₃CH₂OH —[oxidation]→ CH₃COOH.

Exercise 9.6 — Identification of primary, secondary and tertiary amines

Method: the Hinsberg test. Treat the amine with benzenesulphonyl chloride (Hinsberg's reagent) and then add aqueous KOH.

Primary: C₆H₅SO₂Cl + H₂N–R → C₆H₅SO₂NHR + HCl. The N–H is made strongly acidic by the electron-withdrawing sulphonyl group, so the product dissolves in alkali.

Secondary: C₆H₅SO₂Cl + HNR₂ → C₆H₅SO₂NR₂ + HCl. With no N–H remaining the product is not acidic and is insoluble in alkali.

Tertiary: no reaction, since there is no hydrogen on nitrogen to be substituted.

Confirmatory test for 1°: the carbylamine reaction, R–NH₂ + CHCl₃ + 3KOH → R–NC + 3KCl + 3H₂O, which only primary amines give.

Exercise 9.7 — Short notes

(i) Carbylamine reaction. Primary amines heated with chloroform and ethanolic KOH give foul-smelling isocyanides; 2° and 3° amines do not respond, so it is a test for 1° amines.

(ii) Diazotisation. Conversion of a primary aromatic amine into a diazonium salt with NaNO₂ and HCl at 273–278 K.

(iii) Hofmann's bromamide reaction. An amide with Br₂ in aqueous or ethanolic NaOH gives a primary amine with one carbon fewer, the alkyl group migrating from the carbonyl carbon to nitrogen.

(iv) Coupling reaction. A diazonium salt reacts with phenol or aniline at the para position to give a coloured azo compound containing the –N=N– link; an electrophilic substitution used to make dyes.

(v) Ammonolysis. Cleavage of the C–X bond of an alkyl halide by ammonia to give an amine; carried out in a sealed tube at 373 K and giving a mixture unless a large excess of ammonia is used.

(vi) Acetylation. Replacement of a hydrogen of –NH₂ or >N–H by an acetyl group using acetic anhydride or acetyl chloride, usually in the presence of pyridine; used to protect the amino group of aniline.

(vii) Gabriel phthalimide synthesis. Potassium phthalimide alkylated with R–X and then hydrolysed with alkali gives an exclusively primary amine; not applicable to aromatic primary amines.

Exercise 9.8 — Accomplish the following conversions

(i) Nitrobenzene to benzoic acid. C₆H₅NO₂ —[Fe/HCl]→ C₆H₅NH₂ —[NaNO₂/HCl, 273–278 K]→ C₆H₅N₂⁺Cl⁻ —[CuCN]→ C₆H₅CN —[H₃O⁺]→ C₆H₅COOH.

(ii) Benzene to m-bromophenol. C₆H₆ —[HNO₃/H₂SO₄]→ C₆H₅NO₂ —[Br₂/FeBr₃]→ m-bromonitrobenzene (–NO₂ is meta-directing) —[Fe/HCl]→ m-bromoaniline —[NaNO₂/HCl, 273–278 K]→ diazonium salt —[warm H₂O, 283 K]→ m-bromophenol.

(iii) Benzoic acid to aniline. C₆H₅COOH —[NH₃, Δ]→ C₆H₅CONH₂ —[Br₂ + 4NaOH]→ C₆H₅NH₂.

(iv) Aniline to 2,4,6-tribromofluorobenzene. C₆H₅NH₂ —[Br₂(aq)]→ 2,4,6-tribromoaniline —[NaNO₂/HCl, 273–278 K]→ diazonium salt —[HBF₄]→ fluoroborate —[heat]→ 2,4,6-tribromofluorobenzene.

(v) Benzyl chloride to 2-phenylethanamine. C₆H₅CH₂Cl —[KCN]→ C₆H₅CH₂CN —[LiAlH₄]→ C₆H₅CH₂CH₂NH₂.

(vi) Chlorobenzene to p-chloroaniline. C₆H₅Cl —[conc. HNO₃/H₂SO₄]→ p-chloronitrobenzene —[Fe/HCl]→ p-chloroaniline.

(vii) Aniline to p-bromoaniline. Protect first: C₆H₅NH₂ —[(CH₃CO)₂O]→ acetanilide —[Br₂/CH₃COOH]→ p-bromoacetanilide —[H₃O⁺ hydrolysis]→ p-bromoaniline. (Direct bromination would give the 2,4,6-tribromo compound.)

(viii) Benzamide to toluene. C₆H₅CONH₂ —[Br₂/NaOH]→ C₆H₅NH₂ —[NaNO₂/HCl]→ C₆H₅N₂⁺Cl⁻ —[CuCN]→ C₆H₅CN —[H₃O⁺]→ C₆H₅COOH —[LiAlH₄]→ C₆H₅CH₂OH —[HI/red P or PCl₅ then Zn–Hg/HCl]→ C₆H₅CH₃.

(ix) Aniline to benzyl alcohol. C₆H₅NH₂ —[NaNO₂/HCl, 273–278 K]→ C₆H₅N₂⁺Cl⁻ —[CuCN]→ C₆H₅CN —[H₃O⁺]→ C₆H₅COOH —[LiAlH₄]→ C₆H₅CH₂OH.

Exercise 9.9 — Give the structures of A, B and C

(i) CH₃CH₂I —[NaCN]→ A = CH₃CH₂CN; —[partial hydrolysis, OH⁻]→ B = CH₃CH₂CONH₂; —[Br₂/NaOH]→ C = CH₃CH₂NH₂ (ethanamine).

(ii) C₆H₅N₂⁺Cl⁻ —[CuCN]→ A = C₆H₅CN; —[H₂O/H⁺]→ B = C₆H₅COOH; —[NH₃, Δ]→ C = C₆H₅CONH₂ (benzamide).

(iii) CH₃CH₂Br —[KCN]→ A = CH₃CH₂CN; —[LiAlH₄]→ B = CH₃CH₂CH₂NH₂; —[HNO₂, 0 °C]→ C = CH₃CH₂CH₂OH (propan-1-ol) + N₂.

(iv) C₆H₅NO₂ —[Fe/HCl]→ A = C₆H₅NH₂; —[NaNO₂ + HCl, 273 K]→ B = C₆H₅N₂⁺Cl⁻; —[H₂O/H⁺, warm]→ C = C₆H₅OH (phenol).

(v) CH₃COOH —[NH₃, Δ]→ A = CH₃CONH₂; —[NaOBr]→ B = CH₃NH₂; —[NaNO₂/HCl]→ C = CH₃OH (methanol) + N₂.

(vi) C₆H₅NO₂ —[Fe/HCl]→ A = C₆H₅NH₂; —[HNO₂, 273 K]→ B = C₆H₅N₂⁺Cl⁻; —[C₂H₅OH]→ C = C₆H₆ (benzene) + N₂ + CH₃CHO.

Exercise 9.10 — Identify A, B and C

Given: an aromatic compound A with aqueous ammonia and heating forms B, which on heating with Br₂ and KOH forms C of molecular formula C₆H₇N.

Work backwards. C₆H₇N is aniline, C₆H₅NH₂ — so C = aniline. Br₂/KOH is the Hoffmann bromamide degradation, which needs an amide with one carbon more, so B = benzamide, C₆H₅CONH₂. An aromatic compound giving an amide with aqueous ammonia on heating is the acid, so A = benzoic acid, C₆H₅COOH.

IUPAC names: A = benzoic acid; B = benzamide; C = aniline (benzenamine).

Exercise 9.11 — Complete the reactions

(i) C₆H₅NH₂ + CHCl₃ + alc. KOH → C₆H₅NC (phenyl isocyanide) + 3KCl + 3H₂O.

(ii) C₆H₅N₂⁺Cl⁻ + H₃PO₂ + H₂O → C₆H₆ + N₂ + H₃PO₃ + HCl.

(iii) C₆H₅NH₂ + H₂SO₄ (conc.) → anilinium hydrogensulphate, which on heating at 453–473 K gives sulphanilic acid (p-aminobenzene sulphonic acid).

(iv) C₆H₅N₂⁺Cl⁻ + C₂H₅OH → C₆H₆ + N₂ + CH₃CHO + HCl.

(v) C₆H₅NH₂ + Br₂(aq) → 2,4,6-tribromoaniline (white precipitate) + 3HBr.

(vi) C₆H₅NH₂ + (CH₃CO)₂O → C₆H₅NHCOCH₃ (acetanilide) + CH₃COOH.

(vii) C₆H₅N₂⁺Cl⁻ —[(i) HBF₄]→ C₆H₅N₂⁺BF₄⁻ —[(ii) NaNO₂/Cu, Δ]→ C₆H₅NO₂ + N₂ + NaBF₄.

Exercise 9.12 — Why not aromatic primary amines by Gabriel synthesis?

Gabriel phthalimide synthesis requires the phthalimide anion to displace a halide by nucleophilic substitution on the alkyl halide. Aryl halides do not undergo nucleophilic substitution with the anion formed by phthalimide: the C–X bond in an aryl halide has partial double-bond character because of resonance with the ring, making it shorter and stronger, and the flat ring carbon is not open to backside attack. Hence aniline and other aromatic primary amines cannot be prepared by this route.

Exercise 9.13 — Reactions of primary amines with nitrous acid

(i) Aromatic primary amines. React at 273–278 K to give relatively stable arenediazonium salts: C₆H₅NH₂ + NaNO₂ + 2HCl → C₆H₅N₂⁺Cl⁻ + NaCl + 2H₂O. No nitrogen is evolved at this temperature; the salt is used immediately for substitution or coupling.

(ii) Aliphatic primary amines. Form highly unstable alkyldiazonium salts that decompose at once, liberating nitrogen quantitatively and giving alcohols: R–NH₂ + HNO₂ → R–OH + N₂↑ + H₂O. This quantitative evolution of nitrogen is used in the estimation of amino acids and proteins.

Exercise 9.14 — Give plausible explanations

(i) Why are amines less acidic than alcohols of comparable molecular mass? Acidity depends on how readily the O–H or N–H bond releases a proton and how stable the resulting anion is. Oxygen (electronegativity 3.5) is more electronegative than nitrogen (3.0), so the O–H bond is more polar and breaks more readily, and the resulting alkoxide ion (RO⁻) accommodates the negative charge far better than the amide ion (RNH⁻). Hence alcohols are more acidic than amines.

(ii) Why do primary amines have higher boiling points than tertiary amines? A primary amine has two hydrogen atoms on nitrogen and undergoes extensive intermolecular hydrogen bonding. A tertiary amine has no hydrogen on nitrogen and cannot self-associate at all. More energy is therefore needed to separate the molecules of a primary amine, giving it the higher boiling point.

(iii) Why are aliphatic amines stronger bases than aromatic amines? In aliphatic amines the alkyl groups are electron releasing (+I) and push electron density towards nitrogen, making the lone pair more available for protonation and stabilising the resulting cation. In aromatic amines the lone pair is delocalised into the benzene ring by resonance, so it is much less available, and protonation would destroy that stabilising delocalisation. Hence aliphatic amines are the stronger bases.

Competency-Based Questions

Revision set. A synthesis planner is given benzene as the only aromatic starting material and must reach four targets: (a) p-chloroaniline, (b) benzoic acid, (c) 1,3,5-tribromobenzene, and (d) an orange azo dye. Only reagents covered in this chapter are available.

1. Outline the route from benzene to p-chloroaniline and explain the order of the two substitutions. L4 Analyse

Benzene —[Cl₂/AlCl₃]→ chlorobenzene —[conc. HNO₃/H₂SO₄]→ p-chloronitrobenzene —[Fe/HCl]→ p-chloroaniline. Order matters. Chlorination must come first because chlorine is an ortho/para director, so nitration then lands para to it. The reverse order would not work: nitrating benzene first gives nitrobenzene, and –NO₂ is a meta director, so chlorination would give the meta isomer. Reduction is left to the end because an –NH₂ group present during nitration would be oxidised and, being protonated in acid, would misdirect.

2. Explain why the amino group must be introduced and then removed in the synthesis of 1,3,5-tribromobenzene. L5 Evaluate

The 1,3,5-pattern requires all three bromines meta to one another, but bromine is an ortho/para director, so direct bromination of benzene can never deliver it. The amino group solves this by a different mechanism: –NH₂ is such a powerful activator that aniline brominates at all three of its ortho and para positions simultaneously, giving 2,4,6-tribromoaniline. Those three positions happen to be mutually meta once the nitrogen is gone. The amino group is then deleted by diazotisation followed by reduction with H₃PO₂, leaving 1,3,5-tribromobenzene. The –NH₂ has served purely as a temporary directing device — a strategy possible only because diazonium chemistry can remove it cleanly.

3. Two reagents are offered for converting benzenediazonium chloride to benzene: hypophosphorous acid and ethanol. Write both equations and name the oxidation product in each case. L2 Understand

With hypophosphorous acid: C₆H₅N₂⁺Cl⁻ + H₃PO₂ + H₂O → C₆H₆ + N₂↑ + H₃PO₃ (phosphorous acid) + HCl. With ethanol: C₆H₅N₂⁺Cl⁻ + CH₃CH₂OH → C₆H₆ + N₂↑ + CH₃CHO (ethanal) + HCl. In each case the reducing agent supplies the hydrogen that replaces the diazonium group and is itself oxidised.

4. Fill in the blanks: Aniline cannot be nitrated directly because it is ______ by the nitrating mixture and because it is ______ in the acidic medium to an ion that is ______ directing. L1 Remember

oxidised (giving tarry products); protonated (to the anilinium ion); meta directing.

5. A batch of azo dye comes out pale and weakly coloured. Suggest two chemical reasons connected to the diazonium step and how each would be corrected. L5 Evaluate

Reason 1 — the diazonium solution was allowed to warm. Above about 283 K the salt is hydrolysed to phenol with loss of nitrogen, so much of the diazonium ion is destroyed before coupling and the yield of dye falls. Correction: keep the vessel rigorously at 273–278 K throughout diazotisation and add the coupling component while still ice-cold. Reason 2 — the coupling medium was wrongly conditioned. Coupling requires the partner ring to be strongly activated; if the phenol is not in its more reactive phenoxide form, or if an amine coupling partner has been fully protonated by excess acid to the non-activating –N⁺H₃ form, the electrophilic substitution is slow and incomplete. Correction: couple phenols in mildly alkaline solution and amines in mildly acidic solution, so that the ring stays activated in each case. A third practical check: the diazonium salt must never be isolated dry, since it decomposes easily and hazardously in the dry state.

Assertion–Reason Questions

For each pair choose: (A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. (B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A. (C) A is true but R is false. (D) A is false but R is true.

Assertion (A): Methylamine in water precipitates hydrated ferric oxide from a ferric chloride solution.

Reason (R): Methylamine is a base and generates hydroxide ions in aqueous solution.

Answer: A. CH₃NH₂ + H₂O → CH₃NH₃⁺ + OH⁻, and the hydroxide ions then precipitate Fe³⁺ as Fe(OH)₃, that is hydrated ferric oxide.

Assertion (A): Alcohols are more acidic than amines of comparable molecular mass.

Reason (R): Oxygen is more electronegative than nitrogen, so the O–H bond is more polar and the resulting alkoxide ion is better stabilised.

Answer: A. With electronegativities of 3.5 for oxygen and 3.0 for nitrogen, the O–H bond releases its proton more readily and RO⁻ accommodates the negative charge better than RNH⁻.

Assertion (A): p-Chloroaniline is best prepared by chlorinating benzene first and nitrating afterwards.

Reason (R): The nitro group is a meta director, so nitrating first would place the chlorine meta rather than para.

Answer: A. Chlorine is ortho/para directing, so chlorinating first sends the nitro group to the para position; reversing the order would give the meta isomer because –NO₂ directs meta.
Chapter complete. Chapter 9 ends here. Chapter 10, Biomolecules, takes the nitrogen chemistry of this chapter into the living cell — the amino group you have just studied becomes the defining feature of amino acids, proteins and the nitrogenous bases of DNA.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the most important conversions to practise from Chapter 9 Amines?
The high-yield conversions are: nitrobenzene to aniline by Fe/HCl; aniline to any of the halobenzenes, phenol, cyanobenzene or benzene itself through the diazonium salt; ascent of the series using KCN then LiAlH₄; descent of the series using the Hoffmann bromamide degradation; and the protection sequence acetylation, substitution, hydrolysis for making monosubstituted anilines such as p-bromoaniline and p-nitroaniline.
How do I decide the order of substitution when a target has two groups on the ring?
Introduce the ortho/para directing group first if the two groups are para or ortho to each other, and introduce the meta director first if they are meta to each other. For p-chloroaniline, chlorine (ortho/para directing) goes on first so that nitration lands para. For m-bromophenol, the nitro group (meta directing) goes on first so that bromination lands meta.
Which reactions of amines are used as identification tests?
Three. The carbylamine reaction with chloroform and ethanolic KOH is positive only for primary amines, which give foul-smelling isocyanides. The Hinsberg test with benzenesulphonyl chloride gives an alkali-soluble product with primary amines, an alkali-insoluble product with secondary amines and no reaction with tertiary amines. Reaction with nitrous acid distinguishes primary aliphatic amines, which evolve nitrogen quantitatively, from primary aromatic amines, which give stable cold diazonium salts.
Why are amines less acidic than alcohols of comparable molecular mass?
Oxygen has electronegativity 3.5 against 3.0 for nitrogen, so the O–H bond is more polar than the N–H bond and loses a proton more readily. The conjugate base also matters: the alkoxide ion RO⁻ stabilises the negative charge on the more electronegative oxygen far better than the amide ion RNH⁻ stabilises it on nitrogen. Both factors make alcohols the stronger acids.
What is the difference between the products of Exercise 9.9 parts (i) and (iii)?
Both start from an ethyl halide and use cyanide, but the second reagent differs. In (i) the nitrile is partially hydrolysed to the amide and then subjected to Hoffmann bromamide degradation, which loses a carbon, so the final amine is ethanamine. In (iii) the nitrile is reduced directly by LiAlH₄, which keeps the nitrile carbon, so the amine is propan-1-amine and further treatment with nitrous acid gives propan-1-ol.
How is sulphanilic acid formed from aniline?
Aniline reacts with concentrated sulphuric acid to form anilinium hydrogensulphate. On heating this salt with sulphuric acid at 453 to 473 K, the major product is p-aminobenzene sulphonic acid, commonly called sulphanilic acid. It exists largely as an internal salt, or zwitterion, because the molecule contains both a basic amino group and a strongly acidic sulphonic acid group.
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