Directions: In the following questions, A statement of Assertion (A) i...
Aromatic primary amines cannot be prepared by Gabriel phthalimide synthesis as it is used for the preparation of aliphatic primary amines and not aromatic primary amines.
When phthalimide is treated with aqueous or ethanolic potassium hydroxide, it forms its potassium salt. This salt, when heated with an alkyl halide and then subjected to alkaline hydrolysis, yields the corresponding primary amine.
Aromatic primary amines cannot be prepared by this method because aryl halides do not undergo nucleophilic substitution with the anion formed by phthalimide.

So, the assertion is wrong.
Reason:
Aryl halides do not undergo nucleophilic substitution with anion formed by phthalimide.
So, the reason is wrong.
Hence, both assertion and reason are wrong.
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Directions: In the following questions, A statement of Assertion (A) i...
Assertion (A) Analysis
- Aromatic 1° amines can indeed be prepared through the Gabriel Phthalimide synthesis.
- This method involves the reaction of phthalimide with an alkyl halide to form a phthalimide derivative, which can then be hydrolyzed to yield a 1° amine.
- However, the assertion is misleading as it implies a more direct method than is effective for aromatic systems.
Reason (R) Analysis
- The reason states that aryl halides do not undergo nucleophilic substitution with the anion formed by phthalimide.
- This statement is true because aryl halides are quite stable and resistant to nucleophilic attack due to their aromatic nature, which stabilizes the halide bond.
- However, the reason does not directly explain the assertion, as the Gabriel synthesis can be applied to aliphatic amines rather than aromatic amines.
Conclusion
- Since both the assertion and the reason present valid points but do not correlate correctly, the correct answer is option 'D': Both A and R are False.
- The Gabriel Phthalimide synthesis does not yield aromatic amines effectively, and the explanation regarding aryl halides is valid but irrelevant to the process of synthesizing aromatic amines.
In summary, while both statements contain elements of truth, they do not support one another, leading to the conclusion that both are false in the context of the assertion and its reasoning.