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MHT CET · Chemistry · Amines

Identify product ' B ' in the following sequence of reaction
Aniline \(\xrightarrow[273 \mathrm{~K}]{\mathrm{NaNo}_2+\mathrm{HCl}} \mathrm{A} \xrightarrow[\Delta]{\mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{O}} \mathrm{B}+\mathrm{N}_2 \uparrow\)

  1. A Sodium phenoxide
  2. B Nitrobenzene
  3. C Benzenediazonium chloride
  4. D Phenol
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(D) Phenol

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\(\mathrm{C}_6\mathrm{H}_5\mathrm{NH}_2 \xrightarrow[\text{273 K}]{\mathrm{NaNO}_2+\mathrm{HCl}} \mathrm{C}_6\mathrm{H}_5\mathrm{N}_2^+\mathrm{Cl}^- \quad (\mathrm{A})\) \(\mathrm{C}_6\mathrm{H}_5\mathrm{N}_2^+\mathrm{Cl}^- \xrightarrow[\Delta]{\mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{O}} \mathrm{C}_6\mathrm{H}_5\mathrm{OH} + \mathrm{N}_2 \uparrow + \mathrm{HCl} \quad (\mathrm{B})\)