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Benzenediazonium chloride on treatment with _____ gives a product which on heating forms fluorobenzene.(a) hydrofluoric acid(b) fluoroboric acid(c) potassium fluoride(d) boron trifluorideI have been asked this question in homework.This key question is from Diazonium Salts Chemical Reactions topic in chapter Amines of Chemistry – Class 12

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The correct option is (B) fluoroboric acid

The EXPLANATION is: When benzenediazonium chloride is treated with fluoroboric acid, diazonium fluoroborate is formed, which on heating gets decomposed to give fluorobenzene. This is known as Balz-Schiemann reaction.



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