NEET-XII-Chemistry

exam-1 year:2016

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  • #69
    Consider the nitration of benzene using mixed conc.
    ``H_2SO_4`` and ``HNO_3``. If a large amount of ``KHSO_4`` is
    added to the mixture, the rate of nitration will be:-
    (1) faster
    (2) slower
    (3) unchanged
    (4) doubled
    digAnsr:   2
    Ans : (2)
    Sol. Slower, as large amount of HSO4
    - will decrease
    ionisation of H2SO4 that result in lesser ionisation
    of nitric acid and lesser formation of nitronium ion
    [ NO2
    +]