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Which statements about the action of on amines are correct? (more than one may be correct)

  1. ATriethylamine gives a yellow oily N-nitrosoamine.
  2. BEthylamine gives ethanol with evolution of nitrogen gas.
  3. CAniline at 273-278 K gives benzenediazonium chloride.
  4. DN-methylaniline gives a yellow oily N-nitroso compound.

Answer: B, C, D

Primary aromatic amines give diazonium salts in the cold, primary aliphatic amines give unstable diazonium ions that yield alcohol and , and secondary amines give yellow N-nitrosamines. Tertiary aliphatic amines only form a salt and have no N-H to give a nitrosamine.
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