List of top Chemistry Questions on Amines asked in UP Board XII

Describe the method of identification of primary, secondary and tertiary amines. Classify the following compounds into primary, secondary and tertiary amines: (i) C₆H₅NHCH₃ (ii) CH₃(CH₂)₂NH₂ (iii) (CH₃CH₂)₂NCH₃.

(i) Explain Hinsberg test for the distinction between primary, secondary and tertiary amines. (ii) Write a short note on Carbylamine reaction. (2½+2½=5)
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What happens when (write chemical equations only): (i) Aqueous solution of benzene diazonium chloride is heated (ii) Acetamide is reacted with aqueous KOH in the presence of bromine (iii) Aniline reacts with sodium nitrite and dil. HCl at 0°C (iv) Aniline reacts with acetic anhydride in the presence of pyridine (v) Aniline reacts with Bromine water. (1+1+1+1+1=5)

Which of the following is the most basic compound?

(b) (i) Describe any one method for the identification of primary, secondary and tertiary amines. Also write the chemical reactions. (ii) Write a short note on Gabriel Phthalimide Synthesis. (3+2=5)
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How will you obtain (write chemical equations only): (i) Benzene diazonium chloride from Aniline (ii) Methylamine from Acetamide (iii) Aniline from Nitrobenzene. (2+1½+1½=5)

Write short notes on the following: (i) Coupling reaction (ii) Sandmeyer reaction (iii) Friedel-Craft reaction. (2+1½+1½=5)
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Write chemical equations for obtaining the following from benzene diazonium chloride: (i) Phenyl cyanide (ii) Bromobenzene (iii) Nitrobenzene (iv) p-hydroxyazobenzene (v) p-Aminoazobenzene. (1+1+1+1+1=5)

When aniline is heated with CHCl₃ in the presence of KOH, the product formed is

How would you convert:
i) Ethanoic acid to methanamine? (1)
ii) Aniline to 2,4,6-tribromoaniline? (1)
iii) Aniline to benzene diazonium chloride? (1)
iv) Aniline to phenyl isocyanide? (1)
v) Chlorobenzene to chlorobenzene sulphonic acid? (1)
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i) Write four chemical equations for the methods of preparation of aniline. (1+1+1+1)
ii) Write the chemical equation of any one method for the preparation of chlorobenzene. (1)

i) Explain the Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky reaction with example. (2)
ii) Explain the Hofmann bromamide degradation reaction with example. (2)

Write the reason of the following: Ethylamine is soluble in water, while aniline is not soluble in water.

(i) Explain reduction of nitriles, with chemical reaction.
(ii) Write only the chemical equation for the reaction that occurs when aniline is heated with chloroform in the presence of alcoholic KOH.

(i) How would you obtain chlorobenzene from diazonium salt and aniline from chlorobenzene? (Write only chemical equation.) (2)
(ii) Write the increasing order of basicity of the following compounds: NH₃, (CH₃)₃N, CH₃NH₂, (CH₃)₂NH. (1)
(iii) What are the main sources of protein? (1)

What happens when aniline reacts with the following?
i) Bromine water
ii) (CH₃CO)₂O / Pyridine
iii) HNO₂ + HCl (0°-5°C)

Write the structure of (A), (B) and (C) in the following reaction:
\[ C_6H_5NO_2 \xrightarrow{Fe/HCl} (A) \xrightarrow{NaNO_2 + HCl,\ 273\,K} (B) \xrightarrow{H_2O/H^+,\ \Delta} (C) \]

Write short notes on the following:
(i) Gabriel phthalimide reaction
(ii) Hoffmann bromamide reaction
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Write the following chemical reactions:
(i) Reaction of ethanolic NH₃ with C₂H₅Cl.
(ii) Reaction of ammonia with benzyl chloride, followed by reaction with two moles of CH₃Cl.

Which test is used to differentiate between primary, secondary and tertiary amines?

Write the structures of (A), (B), and (C) in the following reaction:
\[ C_6H_5NO_2 \xrightarrow{Fe/HCl} (A) \xrightarrow[\text{273 K}]{NaNO_2 + HCl} (B) \xrightarrow[\Delta]{H_2O/H^+} (C) \]

What happens when aniline reacts with the following:
(A) Bromine water
(B) $(CH_3CO)_2O$ / Pyridine
(C) $HNO_2 + HCl (0^\circ - 5^\circ C)$