Question

Chemical test to distinguish between aniline and benzylamine

Answer 1

Answer:Test of Nitrous acid.

Explanation:

Aniline reacts with HNO2 at very low temperature and forms a stable diazonium salt which does not give Nitrogen gas.

Benzylamine on reaction with HNO2 gives an unstable diazonium salt which further gets converted into alcohol and Nitrogen gas is evolved