NEET2010ChemistryHydrocarbonsActual
Assertion : Benzene on heating with conc. H ₂ SO ₄ gives benzenesulphonic acid which when heated with superheated steam under pressure gives benzene. Reason : Sulphonation is a reversible process.
Options
- AIf both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion
- BIf both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion
- CIf assertion is true but reason is false
- DIf both assertion and reason are false.
Correct answer
A. If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion
Step-by-step solution
Sulphonation of benzene is an electrophilic substitution reaction in which SO ₃ acts as the electrophile.