Question
Read the passage given below and answer the following questions: Amines are produced when an alcoholic solution of ammonia and an alkyl or a benzyl halide is heated in a sealed tube at 373K. This reaction is called ammonolysis and usually gives a mixture of primary, secondary and tertiary amines along with some quarternary ammonium salts. This reaction is an example of nucleophilic substitution reaction in which ammonia acts as a nucleophile due to the presence of a lone pair of electrons on the nitrogen atom. However this method cannot be used for the preparation of aryl amines. One of the most convenient methods for the preparation of aryl amines is reduction of nitro compounds. Aryl amines can also be prepared by reduction of nitrites or Gabriel phthalimide synthesis. A statement of assertion followed by a statement of reason is given. Choose the correct answer out of the following choices.
- Assertion and reason both are correct statements and reason is correct explanation for assertion.
- Assertion and reason both are correct statements but reason is not correct explanation for assertion.
- Assertion is correct statement but reason is wrong statement.
- Assertion is wrong statement but reason is correct statement.
- Assertion: Ammonolysis of alkyl halides only produces 2° amines.
- Assertion: Gabriel-phthalimide reaction can be used to prepare both aryl and alkyl primary amines.
- Assertion: Anunonolysis method cannot be used for the preparation of aryl amines.
- Assertion: Ammonolysis can be used to prepare pure primary amines.
- Assertion: Aromatic 1º amines can not be prepared by Gabriel phthalimide synthesis.
