MCQ
Glycerol reacts with conc. $HN{O_3}$ and conc. ${H_2}S{O_4}$ to form
  • A
    Glycerol mononitrate
  • B
    Glycerol dinitrate
  • Glycerol trinitrate
  • D
    Acrolein

Answer

Correct option: C.
Glycerol trinitrate
c
$\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}
  {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}
  {\,\,C{H_2} - OH} \\ 
  {|\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,} 
\end{array}} \\ 
  {CH - OH{\mkern 1mu} {\mkern 1mu} } \\ 
  {|\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,} \\ 
  {C{H_2} - OH} 
\end{array}$ ${\mkern 1mu}  + 3HN{O_3}\mathop {\xrightarrow{{{\text{Conc}}{\text{.}}{\kern 1pt} {H_2}S{O_4}}}}\limits_{{H_2}S{O_4}} $  ${\mkern 1mu} {\mkern 1mu} \mathop {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}
  {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}
  {\,\,C{H_2} - ON{O_2}} \\ 
  {|\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,} 
\end{array}} \\ 
  {CH - ON{O_2}{\mkern 1mu} {\mkern 1mu} } \\ 
  {|\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,} \\ 
  {\,\,C{H_2} - ON{O_2}} 
\end{array}}\limits_{{\text{Glycerol}}{\kern 1pt} {\kern 1pt} {\text{trinitrate}}} $ ${\mkern 1mu}  + 3{H_2}O$

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