Statement I: Sodium hydride can be used as an oxidizing agent.
Statement II: The lone pair of electrons on nitrogen in pyridine makes it basic.
Choose the CORRECT answer from the options given below:
Statement I: Sodium hydride can be used as an oxidizing agent.
Statement II: The lone pair of electrons on nitrogen in pyridine makes it basic.
Choose the CORRECT answer from the options given below:
Option 1 -
Statement I is false but statement II is true
Option 2 -
Both statement I and statement II are true
Option 3 -
Statement I is true but statement II is false
Option 4 -
Both statement I and statement II are false
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1 Answer
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Correct Option - 3
Detailed Solution:In sodium hydride (NaH), hydrogen has an oxidation state of -1. In this state, it can only act as a reducing agent.
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