Statement I : Sodium hydride can be used as an oxidising agent. Statement II : The lone pair of electrons on…

Statement I : Sodium hydride can be used as an oxidising agent.

Statement II : The lone pair of electrons on nitrogen in pyridine makes it basic.

Choose the CORRECT answer from the options given below :

  1. Both statement I and statement II are false
  2. Statement I is true but statement II is false
  3. Statement I is false but statement II is true
  4. Both statement I and statement II are true

Solution

(1) NaH (sodium Hydride) is used as a reducing reagent.

(2)  In pyridine, due to free electron on N atom, it is basic in nature.

Hence, statement I is false and II is true.

Asked in: JEE Main 2021 (16 Mar Shift 2)

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