Question

Ethyl amine reacts with $HN{{O}_{2}}$ to give:

• A. methanol
• B. ethanol
• C. nitrosoethyl amine
• D. none of the above

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

ethanol

Answer 2

Primary aliphatic amines reacts with $HN{{O}_{2}}$ to give primary alcohols. ${{C}_{2}}{{H}_{5}}N{{H}_{2}}+HN{{O}_{2}}\xrightarrow{{}}\underset{\text{Ethyl}\,\text{alcohol}}{\mathop{{{C}_{2}}{{H}_{5}}OH}}\,+{{N}_{2}}\uparrow +{{H}_{2}}O$