Question

How will you convert diethylamine into N-nitrosodiethylamine?

Answer 1

Conversion of diethylamine into N-nitrosodiethylamine:

$$\underset{(\mathrm{Diethylamine})}{(\mathrm{C}{\phantom{A}}_2\mathrm{H}{\phantom{A}}_5){\phantom{A}}_2\mathrm{NH}}\underset{(\mathrm{or})\mathrm{HNO}{\phantom{A}}_2}{\overset{\mathrm{NaNO}{\phantom{A}}_2/\mathrm{Con}\cdot \mathrm{HCl}}{\to }}\underset{(\mathrm{N}-\mathrm{nitrosodiethylamine})}{(\mathrm{C}{\phantom{A}}_2\mathrm{H}{\phantom{A}}_5){\phantom{A}}_2\mathrm{N}-\mathrm{N}=\mathrm{O}}$$