Question

Reaction of nitrous acid with aliphatic primary amine in the cold gives

• A. A diazonium salt
• B. An alcohol
• C. A nitrite
• D. A dye

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

An alcohol

Answer 2

But $R - NH_{2}\underset{\text{cold}}{\overset{\quad 4NO_{2}\quad}{\rightarrow}}R - OH + N_{2} + H_{2}O$