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Question
Give of chemical test to distinguish between the following pairs of compounds:
Ethylamine and diethylamine
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Solution
Ethylamine and diethylamine
Ethylamine reacts with the Nitrous acid in cold condition to form unstable diazonium salt and which decomposes to give alcohol to the liberation of N2 gas.

diethylamine reacting with Nitrous acid give yellow oily N–Nitrosoamines

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