JEE Main 2008 Chemistry question

ChemistryAromatic Compounds and Aryl HalidesJEE Main 2008

Toluene is nitrated and the resulting product is reduced with tin and hydrochloric acid. The product so obtained is diazotised and then heated with cuprous bromide. The reaction mixture so formed contains

Answer: (1)

Solution

Nitration of toluene gives o- and p-nitrotoluene ( is o/p-directing); Sn/HCl reduces them to o- and

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