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ChemistryAminesJEE Main

- (cyclopentane ring) ?

(Aminomethylcyclopentane is treated with nitrous acid.) The product is:

Answer: (D)

Solution

Diazotisation of the primary amine gives an unstable alkyl diazonium ion, which loses to form a primary carbocation on the exocyclic carbon. Because a primary carbocation is highly unstable, a ring carbon–carbon bond migrates to

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