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**Assertion (A):** Kjeldahl's method cannot be used to estimate nitrogen in pyridine. **Reason (R):*Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis Chemistry Question

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**Assertion (A):** Kjeldahl's method cannot be used to estimate nitrogen in pyridine. **Reason (R):** Nitrogen present in the heterocyclic ring of pyridine does not get converted to ammonium sulphate during acid digestion.

Answer: A

💡 Solution & Explanation

Kjeldahl's method requires the organic nitrogen to be quantitatively reduced to the ammonium ion ($NH_4^+$) upon heating with concentrated $H_2SO_4$. Nitrogen tightly bound within an aromatic heterocyclic ring (like pyridine or quinoline) resists this degradation.

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