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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Chemistry

Chapter

Organic: Amines

Question:

Which of the following is not obtained as a product of the reaction between benzenediazonium bromide and ethanol?

Options:

Hydrogen bromide

Benzene

Nitrogen gas

Acetic acid

Correct Answer:

Acetic acid

Explanation:

Ethanol is a mild reducing agent that reduces benzenediazonium bromide to benzene, and itself gets oxidized to an aldehyde, ethanal (CH3CHO).