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GK QUESTION#3238

Conversion of an aryl diazonium salt into an aryl chloride or bromide using a copper(I) halide is called which reaction?

  1. AFinkelstein reaction
  2. BGattermann reaction
  3. CSandmeyer reactionCorrect answer
  4. DBalz-Schiemann reaction
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C. Sandmeyer reaction

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The Sandmeyer reaction replaces an aryl diazonium group with chlorine or bromine using a copper(I) halide. The related diazonium Gattermann procedure uses copper powder and the corresponding acid. Finkelstein is halogen exchange, while the Balz–Schiemann reaction is used for aryl fluorides.

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