Give one chemical test to distinguish between the following pairs of compounds.
Aniline and benzylamine
Aniline and benzylamine can be distinguished with the help of nitrous acid.
Nitrous acid test: Benzylamine reacts with nitrous acid to form unstable diazonium salt, which in turn gives alcohol with the evolution of nitrogen gas, while aniline reacts with nitrous acid to form a stable diazonium salt without releasing nitrogen gas.
Reaction:
(Benzylamine)
(Aniline)
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