Chlorination of ethane to ethyl chloride is more practicable than chlorination of n-Pentane to 1-Chloropentanc. Why ?

It is because.monochlorinauon of ethane. gives only  ethyl chloride whereas  monochlorination of pentane gives three isomeric chloro derivatives.

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Nitrobenzene and not benzene, is used as a solvent for Fricdel Craft alkylation of bromobenzene. Why ?

Bromo substituted benzene is preferentially more reactive than Nitro substituted benzene hence it would preferentially undergo alkylation if il is used as a solvent.On the other hand, in nitrobenzene is so strongly deactivating that nitrobenzene does not undergo Friedel Craft reaction.

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Why tetraalkylammonium ion ((CH3)4 N+) is neither an electrophile nor a nucleophile and H3O+ is not nuclephile but electrophile alihough it contains a lone pair of electrons.

There is no electron pair on nitrogen Moreover nitrogen cannot accept electron pair since all its orbitals are fully occupied. Therefore, it can neither act as electrophile nor as nucleophile. 

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