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How is aniline converted to benzyl alcohol?

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Aniline is converted to benzene diazonium chloride, which in turn is converted to benzonitrile. Hydrolysis of benzonitrile gives benzoic acid, which on reduction gives benzyl alcohol.
`C_(6)H_(5)NH_(2)overset(NaNO_(2))underset(HCl)rarr C_(6)H_(5)N=NCl overset(KCN)underset(CuCN)rarr C_(6)H_(5)CN`
`overset(H_(3)O^(-))rarrC_(6)H_(5)COOH overset(LiAlH_(4))rarr C_(6)H_(5)CH_(2)OH`
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AAKASH SERIES-AMINES AND DIAZONIUM SLATS-PRACTICE EXERCISE
  1. How is aniline converted to benzyl alcohol?

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  2. IUPAC name of (C(2)H(5))(3)C-NH(2) is

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  3. Number of saturated isomeric primary amines possible for the molecular...

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  4. Nitrobenzene on reduction with hydrogen in presence of nickel gives

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  5. Which of the following contains imino group [""("/")^("\")NH]

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  6. Bromination of aniline with bromine water mainly gives

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  7. The amine that does not form hydrogen bonds is

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  8. The number of primary, secondary and tertiary amine isomers possible f...

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  9. Aniline can be converted into Benzene by

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  10. Benzene diazonium fluoro borate on heating to dryness yields

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  11. Most reactive towards electrophillic substitution is

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  12. Zwitter ion is formed by

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  13. CH(3)CH(2)OH overset(x)rarr CH(3)COH. Out of the following three rea...

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  14. C(6)H(5)NH(2)overset(NaNO(2)+HCl)underset(283K)rarr Products in the ...

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  15. The hybridization of nitrogen atom in amines

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  16. Which of the following is the correct decreasing order basicity ?

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  17. One mole of an amine (A) consumes two moles of methyl bromide to give ...

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  18. When an aliphatic organic compound was treated with in ice-cold condit...

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  19. The correct increasing order of basicity of C(6)H(5)CH(2)NH(2)(A),(B) ...

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  20. Secondary amines on oxidation with Caro's acid gives

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  21. The boiling points of amines and their corresponding alcohols and acid...

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