Amines

Reduction of nitrobenzene in neutral medium:

Zn%2FN%7B%7BH%7D_%7B4%7D%7DCl

Zn%2FCaC%7B%7Bl%7D_%7B2%7D%7D

reduce a nitro compound to hydroxyl amine.

%7B%7BC%7D_%7B6%7D%7D%7B%7BH%7D_%7B5%7D%7DN%7B%7BO%7D_%7B2%7D%7D%2B2Zn%2B4N%7B%7BH%7D_%7B4%7D%7DCl%5Cxrightarrow%7B%7B%7D%7D

%5Cunderset%7B%5Ctext%7BPhenyl%7D%5C%2C%5Ctext%7Bhydroxyl%7D%5C%2C%5Ctext%7Bamine%7D%7D%7B%5Cmathop%7B%7B%7BC%7D_%7B6%7D%7D%7B%7BH%7D_%7B5%7D%7DNHOH%7D%7D%5C%2C%2B2ZnC%7B%7Bl%7D_%7B2%7D%7D%2B%7B%7BH%7D_%7B2%7D%7DO%2B4N%7B%7BH%7D_%7B3%7D%7D

Phenyl hydroxyl amine

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