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Diazotization
Aromatic primary amines react with nitrous acid (prepared in situ from NaNO2 and a mineral acid such as HCl) at low temperatures 273-278K to form Diazonium salts (Ar-N2+Cl-) This process of conversion of a primary aromatic amine into its diazonium salt is called Diazotization.
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