Given below are two statements In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
- Both Statement I and Statement II are correct.
- Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect.
- Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect.
- Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.
Answer
(3) Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect.
Solution
Statement I: As per NCERT, primary aliphatic amines react with nitrous acid to form highly unstable aliphatic diazonium salts, which decompose at once to give alcohol and nitrogen gas:
RNH2 + HNO2 NaNO2 + HCl [R-N2+Cl-] H2O ROH + N2 + HCl. Correct.
Statement II: Primary aromatic amines give arenediazonium salts, which are stable only for a short time in solution at low temperature (273–278 K); they are not stable above 300 K. Incorrect.
Answer: (3)