Amines & Diazonium Salts — JEE Main PYQs & Practice Questions

Amines & Diazonium Salts is a Chemistry chapter in the JEE Main syllabus. This page brings together 166 previous-year and practice questions on Amines & Diazonium Salts, organised into 5 topics: Preparation of Amines, Basicity of Amines, Reactions of Amines, Hinsberg Test and Diazonium Salts and Coupling. Most questions come with a step-by-step solution you can work through free in PrepWiser.

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Preparation of Amines

• Consider the following reactions giving major product. Identify the correct reaction.
• Match the Compounds (List - I) with the appropriate Catalyst/ Reagents (List - II) for…
• Which of the following compounds can be prepared in good yield by Gabriel phthalimide…
• An organic compound (P) on treatment with aqueous ammonia under hot condition forms…
• 'A' is a neutral organic compound (M. F : C₈H₉ON ). On treatment with aqueous Br₂/HO⁽⁻⁾…
• Which of the following reactions DOES NOT involve Hoffmann bromamide degradation?
• Consider the following reaction sequence The percentage of nitrogen in product ' T '…
• The total number of reagents from those given blow, that can convert nitrobenzene into…
• The most appropriate reagent for conversion of C₂H₅CN into CH₃CH₂CH₂NH₂ is
• Consider the above reaction, the compound 'A' is :
• In the reaction of hypobromite with amide, the carbonyl carbon is lost as :
• Given below are two statements : Statement I : In Hofmann degradation reaction, the…
• The number of primary amines with formula C₃H₉N is x.
• Which of the following reaction is an example of ammonolysis?
• Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is…
• Given below are two statements: In the light of the above statements, choose the correct…
• In the above reactions, product A and product B respectively are :
• The major product 'P' for the following sequence of reactions is :
• Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other is labelled…
• The major product formed in the following reaction is

Basicity of Amines

• The increasing order to P kb for the following compounds will be :
• The strongest conjugate acid will result from:
• The correct order in aqueous medium of basic strength in case of methyl substituted…
• The decreasing order of basicity of the following amines is :
• Given below are two statements : Statement I : Aniline is less basic than acetamide…
• Which of the following is least basic?
• Which among the following is the strongest Bronsted base?
• Correct order of basic strength of Pyrrole , Pyridine and Piperidine is :
• The basicity of amines in aqueous solution generally follows:
• Which one of the following compounds will liberate CO₂, when treated with NaHCO₃ ?
• The increasing order of pK b values of the following compounds is :
• Match List I with List II List I (Amines) | List II (pK_b); A. | Aniline | I. | 3.25; B…
• The increasing order of basicity of the following compounds is :
• Which of the following is a 1° amine?
• Given below are some nitrogen containing compounds : Each of them is treated with HCl…
• A. Phenyl methanamine B. N,N-Dimethylaniline C. N-Methyl aniline D. Benzenamine Choose…
• The descending order of basicity of the following amines is : (D) CH₃NH₂ (E) (CH₃)₂NH…
• The correct order of basic nature in aqueous solution for the bases NH₃,H₂…
• Aromatic amines are less basic than aliphatic amines.
• Which of the following is strongest Bronsted base?

Reactions of Amines

• In Friedel-Crafts alkylation of aniline, one gets
• Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled…
• For reaction The correct order of set of reagents for the above conversion is :
• Given below are two statements : Statement I : Heating benzamide with bromine in an…
• A hydrocarbon ' P ' (C₄H₈) on reaction with HCl gives an optically active compound ' Q '…
• Given below are two statements : Statement (I) : The NH₂ group in Aniline is ortho and…
• A compound (x) with molar mass 108 g mol⁻¹ undergoes acetylation to give product with…
• The major product (A) formed in the following reaction sequence is
• Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is…
• Match List I with List II List I | List II; Reaction | Reagents; (A) | Hoffmann…
• Benzyl isocyanide can be obtained by : A. B. C. D. Choose the correct answer from the…
• Which one of the following reactions does not occur?
• Consider the following reactions, [P]{→((i) NaNO₂/HCl, 0-5°C (ii) β-naphthol/NaOH)…
• The major products A and B formed in the following reaction sequence are :
• Identify the correct statement for the below given transformation. CH₃-CH₂-CH₂-CH-CH₃…
• Correct statement about the given chemical reaction is :
• Consider the above reactions, the product A and product B respectively are
• Identify correct statements : (A) Primary amines do not give diazonium salts when…
• In the reaction given below: The product 'X' is:
• Given below are two statements: Statement I : Pure Aniline and other arylamines are…

Hinsberg Test

• Number of amine compounds from the following giving solids which are soluble in NaOH…
• An amine on reaction with benzensulphonyl chloride produces a compound insoluble in…
• Primary, secondary and tertiary amines can be separated using:
• Which statement is NOT correct for p-toluenesulphonyl chloride?
• The Hinsberg reagent is
• A student has been given a compound " x " of molecular formula- C₆H₇ N. ' x ' is…
• Total number of alkali insoluble solid sulphonamides obtained by reaction of given…
• Given below are two statements : Statement (I) : All the following compounds react with…
• The reagent that distinguishes 1° aliphatic amine from 2° amine is:
• An organic compound "A" on treatment with benzene sulphonyl chloride gives compound B. B…
• Compound P, →(HCl, Δ), Filter, {→ Residue Q; → Filtrate; (M.F. C₁₄H₁₃ON), ↓ NaOH; M.F. =…
• Number of compounds which give reaction with Hinsberg's reagent is _________.
• Which among the following react with Hinsberg's reagent? A. B. C.CH₃-NH₂ D. N(CH₃)₃ E…
• An organic compound [A](C₄H₁₁ N), shows optical activity and gives N₂ gas on treatment…
• Carbylamine test is used to detect 1° amines.

Diazonium Salts and Coupling

• The final product 'C' in the following series of reactions
• When a concentrated solution of sulphanilic acid and 1-naphthylamine is treated with…
• The correct stability order of the following diazonium salts is
• Following is a confirmatory test for aromatic primary amines. Identify reagent (A) and…
• Which among the following represent reagent 'A'?
• Given below are two statements : Statement I : The dipole moment of R-CN is greater than…
• An organic compound 'A' contains nitrogen and chlorine. It dissolves readily in water to…
• The final major product of the following reaction is :
• The number of halobenzenes from the following that can be prepared by Sandmeyer's…
• Consider the above reaction, compound B is :
• The products A and B formed in the following reaction scheme are respectively
• Consider the following reaction : The product 'X' is used :
• What is the correct sequence of reagents used for converting nitrobenzene into…
• Consider the following sequence of reactions to produce major product (A) Molar mass of…
• Identify the major product formed in the following sequence of reactions:
• In the above chemical reaction, intermediate ''X'' and reagent/condition ''A'' are :
• Consider the following sequence of reactions : Molar mass of the product formed (A) is…
• Match List I with List II: LIST I (Reagent) | LIST II (Product); A. | | I. | ; B. |…
• The product (P) formed from the following multistep reaction is:
• The number of nitrogen atoms in a diazonium salt ArN₂⁺ is x.

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