Q.
5 g of benzene on nitration gave 6.6 g of nitrobenzene. The theoretical yield of the nitrobenzene will be
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Solution:
78gC6H6+HNO3⟶123gC6H5NO2+H2O
Now since 78g of benzene on nitration give =123g nitrobenzene hence 5g of benzene on nitration give =78123×7.88g
nearest answer is (c) i.e. theoritical yield =7.88g