Benzene diazonium chloride on reaction with ethanol forms

Benzene diazonium chloride on reaction with ethanol forms
  1. aniline
  2. benzene
  3. nitrobenzene
  4. phenol

Solution

Replacement of diazonium group by hydrogen. $\underset{\text { Benzene diazonuium }}{\mathrm{C}_{6} \mathrm{H}_{5} \mathrm{~N}_{2} \overline{\mathrm{Cl}}}+\mathrm{CH}_{3} \mathrm{CH}_{2} \mathrm{OH} \stackrel{\Delta}{\longrightarrow} \underset{\text { Chloride }}{\mathrm{C}_{6} \mathrm{H}_{6}}+\mathrm{CH}_{3} \mathrm{CHO}+\mathrm{HCl}+\mathrm{N}_{2}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2020 (19 Oct Shift 1)

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