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ChemistryHaloalkanes and HaloarenesJEE Main

1-Fluoro-4-nitrobenzene is treated with dimethylamine in DMF to give (nucleophilic aromatic substitution displacing fluoride, with loss of HF). is then subjected to (i) at -, then (ii) . In the above sequence, is

Answer: (A)

Solution

Dimethylamine displaces the activated fluoride (, facilitated by the strongly electron-withdrawing para-nitro group) to give , with the nitro group untouched. Catalytic hydrogenation

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