With accompanying 1, 2-rearrangement in wolff rearrangement, an α-diazocarbonyl compound is converted into a ketene by loss of which of the following compound?

Correct Answer: Dinitrogen
The leaving group (N2) and the migrating group (R1) are antiperiplanar, which favors a concerted mechanism, in which nitrogen extrusion occurs concurrently with 1, 2-alkyl shift.