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Q. Which of the following amines gives yellow oily liquid with $ HNO_2 $ ?

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Solution:

Secondary amines, (containing -NH-group) when treated with $HNO _{2}$ give nitrosoamines which separate as yellow oily liquids. The structures of the given compounds are

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Among the given compounds, only ethyl methyl amine is a secondary amine, thus it gives a yellow oily liquid with $HNO _{2}$