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Draw the mechanism of the reaction of N,N-dimethylaniline and the diazonium salt of sulfanilic acid to form the azo dye.

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The amine group of N,N-dimethylaniline is an electron-donating group and will cause the benzene ring to act as a nucleophile in an electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction with the diazonium salt of sulfanilic acid.

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