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Question: Acetanilide when treated with bromine in acetic acid mainly gives \[1\]) o-Bromoacetanilide \[2...

Acetanilide when treated with bromine in acetic acid mainly gives
11) o-Bromoacetanilide
22) N-Bromoacetanilide
33) p-Bromoacetanilide
44) m-Bromoacetanilide

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Solution

We need to know that in organic chemistry benzene is one of the important compounds. It is one of the aromatic compounds. The molecular formula of benzene is C6H6{{\text{C}}_{\text{6}}}{{\text{H}}_{\text{6}}}. Aniline is one of the derivatives of benzene. The molecular formula of aniline is C6NH7{{\text{C}}_{\text{6}}}{\text{N}}{{\text{H}}_7}. The molecular formula of Acetanilide is C8NOH9{{\text{C}}_8}{\text{NO}}{{\text{H}}_9}.

Complete answer:
The structural formula of aniline is

The structural formula of acetanilide is

Aniline when treated with bromine in acetic acid or water gives a product of 2,4,6- tribromo aniline. It is white precipitate.
The reaction for the above discussion is given below,

The structural formula of 2,4,6- tribromo aniline is

But we want certain position bromination means we first do acylated aniline to get acetanilide. Acetanilide is treated with bromine in acetic acid mainly gives p-Bromoacetanilide. This p-Bromoacetanilide undergoes hydrolysis to give p-Bromoaniline.
The reaction for the above discussion is given below,

The structural formula of p-Bromo aniline is

Acetanilide is treated with bromine in acetic acid mainly gives p-Bromoacetanilide.
The reaction for the above discussion is given below,

The structural formula of p-Bromoacetanilide is

From the above discussion we know, acetanilide when treated with bromine in acetic acid mainly gives p-Bromoacetanilide.

Hence, option 33 is correct.

Note:
Each mono-substituent moiety having three named positions in the ring. In the ring a nearby mono substituent group is called ortho position, that means two ortho positions are in the ring, because of the left and right side of the substituent group. The alternatively position of the substituent group in the ring is called meta position, here also two meta positions possible in the left and right side of the substituent group. Para position is nothing but directly opposite to the substituent group in the ring. Electrophilic substitutions are attacked in ortho and para position in the ring.