Reaction of aniline with acetyl chloride in the presence of $N a O H$ gives:

acetanilide

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p-chloroaniline

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red dye

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aniline hydrochloride

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Solution

The correct option is A acetanilide
$C_{6} H_{5} N H_{2} + {C H}_{3} C O C l N a O H - --- \to - H C l C_{6} H_{5} N H C O {C H}_{3} a c e t a n i l i d e + H C l$
Option A is correct.

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