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Organic Chemistry Questions and Answers – Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution | Organic Chemistry Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

(1) What will be the product formed when phenol reacts with Br2 in CCl4 medium?
[A] 3-Bromophenol
[B] 4- Bromophenol
[C] 3,5-Dibromophenol
[D] 2,4,6-Tribromophenol
Answer: 4- Bromophenol
(2) What is the electrophile in the electrophilic substitution reaction of benzene using oleum and conc. H2SO4?
[A] SO3
[B] NO3
[C] NO2+
[D] NO+
Answer: SO3

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(3) What will be the attacking electrophile in this reaction?

[A] Carbanion
[B] Halonium
[C] Radical
[D] Transition state
Answer: Halonium
(4) Which of the following aromatic compounds undergo Friedel–Crafts alkylation with methyl chloride and aluminum chloride?
[A] Benzoic acid
[B] Nitrobenzene
[C] Toluene
[D] Aniline
Answer: Toluene
(5) What will be the product in the given reaction?

[A] m-chlorophenol
[B] o-chlorophenol and p-chlorophenol
[C] o-hydroxytoluene and p-hydroxytoluene
[D] m-hydroxytoluene
Answer: o-hydroxytoluene and p-hydroxytoluene
(6) What is the electrophile in the acylation of benzene?
[A] AlCl3
[B] CO+
[C] Cl+
[D] R-CO+
Answer: R-CO+
(7) How would you synthesis the following reaction?

[A] conc. HNO3 + conc. H2SO4
[B] conc. HNO3
[C] anhydrous AlCl3 + Ph-NO2
[D] conc. H2SO4 + Oleum
Answer: conc. HNO3 + conc. H2SO4
(8) Which of the following reactants can be used to carry out following reaction?

[A] conc. HNO3 + conc. H2SO4
[B] HCl + CO + AlCl3
[C] anhydrous AlCl3 + Ph-NO2
[D] conc. H2SO4 + Oleum
Answer: HCl + CO + AlCl3
(9) What will be the product in the given reaction?

[A] m-chlorotoluene
[B] o-chlorotoluene and p-chlorotoluene
[C] 1-chloro-3-methylbenzene
[D] no reaction
Answer: no reaction
(10) Which of the following is the most activating in electrophilic aromatic substitution?
[A] -NO2
[B] -NHCOCH3
[C] -CN
[D] -NH2
Answer: -NH2

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