JIPMER Jipmer Medical Solved Paper-2001

  • question_answer
    A mixture of benzene and aniline can be separated by:

    A)  hot water          

    B)  dil. HCl

    C)         dil. NaOH      

    D)         alcohol

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Aniline is a weak base and added to dil. HCl to form aniline hydrochloride (black precipitate) While benzene does not react with dil. HCl. Thus these can be separated by using dil. HCl \[{{C}_{6}}{{H}_{5}}N{{H}_{2}}\xrightarrow{dil.\,HCl}\underset{\begin{smallmatrix}  Aniline\,\,hydrochloride \\  \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,(black) \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{{{C}_{6}}{{H}_{5}}N{{H}_{2}}\cdot HCl\downarrow }}\,\]


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