Question

*Which product is formed when primary amines react with nitrous acid?*

1️⃣ Alcohols
2️⃣ Alkyl halides
3️⃣ Aldehydes
4️⃣ Carboxylic acids​

Answer 1

Answer:

diazonium salt

Primary amines react with nitrous acid to yield a diazonium salt, which is highly unstable and degradates into a carbocation that is capable of reaction with any nucleophile in solution. Therefore, reacting primary amines with nitrous acid leads to a mixture of alcohol, alkenes, and alkyl halides.

Answer 2

Primary amines react with nitrous acid giving alcohol.

• When primary amine is treated with nitrous acid primary alcohol is produced as a major product along with water and nitrogen gas.
• The balanced equation of the reaction is as follows-
• $RNH_2+HNO_2\rightarrow ROH+H_2O+N_2$.
• In this reaction, one mole of primary amine is treated with one mole of nitrous acid to produce one mole of primary alcohol as a major product along with one mole of water and nitrogen gas.
• Hence the correct option is 1.