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IIT-JEE 2009 · Paper 1, Chemistry question 13

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p-Amino-N,N-dimethylaniline is added to a strongly acidic solution of X. The resulting solution is treated with a few drops of aqueous solution of Y to yield blue coloration due to the formation of methylene blue. Treatment of the aqueous solution of Y with the reagent potassium hexacyanoferrate(II) leads to the formation of an intense blue precipitate. The precipitate dissolves on excess addition of the reagent. Similarly, treatment of the solution of Y with the solution of potassium hexacyanoferrate(III) leads to a brown coloration due to the formation of Z.

The compound X is

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Official answer: D

Methylene blue test is the test for sulphide: in strongly acidic solution SX2−\ce{S^{2-}} (as HX2S\ce{H2S}) reacts with p-amino-N,N-dimethylaniline in the presence of FeX3+\ce{Fe^{3+}} to give methylene blue.

X is NaX2S\ce{Na2S}.

(D)