Methylamine reacts with HNO2 to form _________.

• Nitrous acid us unstable and methylamine produces alcohols sometimes alkenes by reacting with it . in intermediate step aliphatic diazonium salts are formed which being unstable forms alcohol and liberates quantitatively nitrogen gas.



Hence the other 3 options (i) CH3—O—N==O (ii) CH3—O—CH3 and (iv) CH3CHO are incorrect.

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