On treating with nitrous acid primary a mine gives an alcohol and N2 gas. So, ' A ' should be a primary amine. 
NEET UG 2012 — Chemistry Organic Chemistry
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An organic compound (C3H9 N)(A), when treated with nitrous acid, gave an alcohol and N2 gas was evolved. (A) on warming with CHCl3 and caustic potash gave (C) which on reduction gave iso-propylmethylamine. Predict the structure of (A).
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