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Q. Arrange the following compounds in decreasing order of coupling with benzenediazonium chloride.
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Amines

Solution:

Coupling reaction between arenediazonium cation and an aromatic compounds which bear powerful electron-releasing groups like -$OH, —NH_{2}, —NHR$, or$—NR_{2}$. Hence toluene, having weak electron-releasing $—CH_{3}$ group cannot couple with diazonium cation.