Question

Nitro compounds are reduced by iron scrap and hydrochloric acid to yield one of the following compounds:

Options

• Nitriles

• Esters

• Amides

• Amines

Answer 1

Amines

Explanation:

\[\ce{RNO2 + Fe/HCl -> RNH2}\]

Scrap iron with HCl acts as a reducing agent to reduce the nitro group to the amine.