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1-(Aminomethyl)cyclohexan-1-ol is treated with /dilute at 273 K (Tiffeneau-Demjanov type ring expansion). The major carbonyl product is

  1. Acycloheptanone
  2. Bmethylenecyclohexane
  3. C1-methylcyclohexan-1-ol
  4. Dcyclohexylmethanol

Answer: A

The primary amine gives a diazonium ion, which loses as the leaving group. A ring carbon migrates from the carbinol carbon to the electron-deficient , expanding the ring from six to seven members. Loss of the OH proton then gives cycloheptanone.
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