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Nitro compound - Quiz
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  • 1. What functional group defines a nitro compound?
A) -NO
B) -NH2
C) -ONO2
D) -NO2
  • 2. Which property describes the electronic effect of a nitro group?
A) Non-polar
B) Weakly electron-withdrawing
C) Strongly electron-donating
D) Strongly electron-withdrawing
  • 3. What is the role of a nitro group in explosive compounds?
A) Reducing agent
B) Explosophore
C) Catalyst
D) Oxidizer
  • 4. How does a nitro group affect electrophilic aromatic substitution?
A) It retards the reaction
B) It facilitates the reaction
C) It has no effect
D) It terminates the reaction
  • 5. What is the active intermediate in the nitration of aromatic compounds?
A) Nitrosonium ion
B) Nitrite ion
C) Nitrate ion
D) Nitronium ion
  • 6. What is the most produced nitro compound on a large scale?
A) Trinitrotoluene
B) Nitrobenzene
C) Nitromethane
D) Picric acid
  • 7. Which substance is an example of a naturally occurring nitro compound?
A) Nitromethane
B) Chloramphenicol
C) Picric acid
D) Nitrobenzene
  • 8. Which of these is used in the synthesis of aliphatic nitro compounds via the Meyer synthesis?
A) Ammonium nitrite
B) Sodium nitrate
C) Silver nitrite
D) Potassium nitrate
  • 9. What is 2-Nitrophenol in ticks?
A) A defensive toxin
B) A digestive enzyme
C) An aggregation pheromone
D) A reproductive hormone
  • 10. In what temperature range does the gas-phase nitration of propane typically occur?
A) 100–200 °C
B) 350–450 °C
C) 20–50 °C
D) 600–700 °C
  • 11. Which reaction involves the decarboxylation of alpha-nitro carboxylic acids?
A) ter Meer reaction
B) Krapcho decarboxylation variant
C) Zinke nitration
D) Meyer synthesis
  • 12. What are alpha-protons to a nitro group known for being?
A) Neutral
B) Amphoteric
C) Basic
D) Acidic
  • 13. Who is the ter Meer reaction named after?
A) Edmund ter Meer
B) Hans Krapcho
C) Viktor Meyer
D) Gustav Zinke
  • 14. Which of these is a defense compound found in termites?
A) Nitropentadecene
B) Chloramphenicol
C) Aristolochic acid
D) 3-Nitropropionic acid
  • 15. How are naturally occurring nitro groups typically formed?
A) Nitration by atmospheric nitrogen
B) Oxidation of amino groups
C) Dehydration of nitrites
D) Reduction of nitrates
  • 16. Which acid is commonly used in combination with nitric acid to synthesize nitroarenes?
A) Hydrochloric acid
B) Phosphoric acid
C) Sulfuric acid
D) Acetic acid
  • 17. What is the Zinke nitration primarily used for?
A) Preparation of nitroarenes from phenols
B) Production of aliphatic nitro dimers
C) Oxidation of amines
D) Synthesis of nitroalkanes
  • 18. What happens when a 1,1-halonitroalkane reacts with potassium hydroxide in the ter Meer process?
A) It produces a 1,2-dinitro dimer
B) It produces a nitroalkene
C) It remains unchanged
D) It produces nitromethane
  • 19. Which of these is an explosophore?
A) Carboxyl group
B) Hydroxyl group
C) Nitro group
D) Amino group
  • 20. Where is 3-Nitropropionic acid found?
A) Termites
B) Fungi and plants
C) Bacteria only
D) Ticks
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