10 Questions
What is the main product formed when 1° aliphatic amines react with nitrous acid?
Highly unstable aliphatic diazonium salts
By what mechanism do aliphatic diazonium salts decompose?
Losing nitrogen to form carbocations
Which is a major reason why diazotization of primary aliphatic amines is not synthetically important?
Produces a complex mixture of products
What happens to arenediazonium salts if the reaction mixture's temperature exceeds 5 °C?
They decompose at an appreciable rate
What are the products formed when aliphatic diazonium salts decompose?
Alkenes, alcohols, and alkyl halides
Which reaction occurs when secondary amines react with nitrous acid?
Yield of N-nitrosoamines
What occurs when 3° aliphatic amine is mixed with HNO2?
An equilibrium is established
Where does nitrosation occur on tertiary arylamines if the para position is open?
Para position
What are the stable products in aqueous acid from reactions involving N-nitrosoammonium compounds?
Ketones
Primary arylamines react with nitrous acid to form which type of compound?
Arenediazonium salts
This quiz covers the synthesis of butter yellow and methyl orange from benzene, and the synthesis of compounds from toluene using diazonium salts. It also touches on the reactions of amines with sulfonyl chlorides.
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