Question:
Give plausible explanation for:
(a) Diazonium salts of aromatic amines are stable.
(b) Aniline does not undergo Friedel-Crafts reaction.
(c) Aniline on nitration gives substantial meta product.
Give plausible explanation for:
(a) Diazonium salts of aromatic amines are stable.
(b) Aniline does not undergo Friedel-Crafts reaction.
(c) Aniline on nitration gives substantial meta product.
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(a) Stabilized by resonance and N≡N bond.
(b) Lone pair on nitrogen complexes with Lewis acid, deactivating the ring.
(c) Protonation makes -NH₃⁺, an EWG, favoring meta substitution.
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