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COMEDK · Chemistry · 29. Amines

The major product ' \(D\) ' of the following reaction is:


  1. A 3-bromobenzenediazoniumchloride
  2. B 3-bromo-5-chloroaniline
  3. C Bromobenzene
  4. D 1-bromo-3-chlorobenzene
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(D) 1-bromo-3-chlorobenzene

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The starting material is nitrobenzene. Nitrobenzene undergoes electrophilic aromatic substitution with \(Cl_{2}/AlCl_{3}\). Since the \(-NO_{2}\) group is meta-directing, the chlorine atom enters the meta position, forming A, which is 1-chloro-3-nitrobenzene. In the next step, A…