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Aniline is reacted with excess bromine water (→ 2,4,6-tribromoaniline), which is then diazotised with aqueous NaNO₂/dilute HCl, treated with fluoroboric acid (HBF₄), and the isolated diazonium tetrafluoroborate salt is heated dry (Balz–Schiemann reaction). The final product is

Answer: (C)

Solution

Excess bromine water first converts aniline's strongly activated ring to 2,4,6-tribromoaniline. Diazotising the remaining free –NH₂ and converting it to the

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