The carboxylic acids react with hydrazoic acid to form a primary amine. This reaction is called as :

Curtius rearrangement

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Lossen rearrangement

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Schmidt reaction

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Schotten-Boumann reaction

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Solution

The correct option is A Schmidt reaction
The carboxylic acids react with hydrazoic acid to form a primary amine. This reaction is called as Schmidt reaction.
Azide is the intermediate.

$R - C O O H + H N_{3} c o n c . H_{2} S O_{4} - ------ \to h e a t R - N H_{2} + N_{2} + C O_{2}$

Option C is correct.

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