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Identify the compound Y in the following reaction:

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(a) Dissolved or suspended in cold aqueous mineral acid, a primary aromatic amine turns into a diazonium salt, after treating with sodium nitrite. The diazonium group is replaced by -Cl as soon as the cuprous chloride is added with the previously prepared diazonium salt. Hence, the ‘Y’ here in the equation is chlorobenzene.

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