Explain how certain mild reducing agents reduce diazonium salts, and provide examples of the resulting products and oxidized forms of the reducing agents.

Mild reducing agents like sodium sulfite (Na₂SO₃) or hydroxylamine (NH₂OH) reduce diazonium salts to produce aromatic amines. For example, benzenediazonium chloride can be reduced by sodium sulfite to form aniline. In this process, the diazo group is replaced by a hydrogen atom. The oxidized forms of these reducing agents are sodium sulfate (Na₂SO₄) and nitrous oxide (N₂O), respectively. The reduction of diazonium salts with mild agents provides a controlled method for the synthesis of aromatic amines without the harsh conditions associated with stronger reducing agents.