MHT CET Medical202621 April 2026Evening ShiftChemistryAminesActual
Aniline undergoes diazotization with NaNO ₂ /HCl to give compound A. Compound A reacts with fluoroboric acid to give compound B. When B is heated with aq. NaNO ₂ in the presence of copper, it forms compound C. Identify C.
Options
- AAr - F
- BAr - Cl
- CAr - H
- DAr - NO ₂
Correct answer
D. Ar - NO ₂
Step-by-step solution
Aniline reacts with NaNO ₂ and HCl at 0-5^ C to undergo diazotization, forming benzenediazonium chloride (Compound A). Ar - NH ₂ NaNO ₂/ HCl Ar - N ₂^+ Cl ^- (A) Benzenediazonium chloride reacts with fluoroboric acid ( HBF ₄ ) to yield benzenediazonium fluoroborate (Compound B). Ar - N ₂^+ Cl ^- HBF ₄ Ar - N ₂^+ BF ₄^- (B) When benzenediazonium fluoroborate is heated with aqueous NaNO ₂ in the presence of copper, the diazonium group is replaced by a nitro group, forming nitrobenzene (Compound C). Ar - N ₂^+ BF ₄^-