Chemistry · Diazonium Salts: Importance in synthetic organic chemistry

Chlorobenzene can be prepared by reacting benzene diazonium chloride with:

Chlorobenzene can be prepared by reacting benzene diazonium chloride with:

  • A. \( H C l \)
  • B. \( C u_{2} C l_{2} \)
  • C. \( C l_{2} / A l C l_{3} \)
  • D. \( H N O_{2} \)

Step-by-step solution

Benzene diazonium chloride undergoes the Sandmeyer reaction with cuprous chloride (Cu2Cl2) to replace the diazonium group with a chlorine atom, forming chlorobenzene.
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