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COMEDK · Chemistry · 29. Amines

The amine which will not liberate nitrogen with nitrous acid is

  1. A ethyl amine
  2. B methyl amine
  3. C dimethyl amine
  4. D 2-amino propane
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(C) dimethyl amine

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Only aliphatic primary amines react with nitrous acid to give alcohols with the evolution of \(N_{2}\) gas. \[ R-\mathrm{NH}_{2}+\mathrm{HONO} \stackrel{273-278 \mathrm{~K}}{\longrightarrow} R-\mathrm{OH}+\mathrm{N}_{2}+\mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O} \] \(\because\) Dimethyl amine is…