3,5-diiodonitrobenzene → 3,5-DIIODOANILINE

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A mixture of 61.5 G (0.164M) of 3,5-diiodonitrobenzene, from step (a), and 111.1 G (0.4924M) of stannous chloride in 900 ml of absolute ethanol was heated to reflux 1.5 hours under nitrogen. Most of the solvent was removed. The residue was stirred with ethylacetate, 5 normal sodium hydroxide and ice. Organic phase was separated and washed with saturated sodium chloride solution. After drying over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, solvent was removed to afford a crude oil, which was chromatographed on silica gel using 8:1:1 mixture of hexane:methylene chloride:ethyl acetate. The desired aniline was obtained as 35 G of light tan colored solid.

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