3-Nitrophenylacetonitrile → (3-Amino-phenyl)-acetonitrile

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A mixture of (3-nitro-phenyl)-acetonitrile (2.00 g, 12.35 mmol), iron dust (2.07 g, 37.03 mmol) and ammonia chloride (1.96 g, 37.03 mmol) in EtOH (20 mL) and water (4 mL) was refluxed at 85° C. for 1 h. The reaction mixture was filtered through cellite and rinsed with EtOH. The combined filtrate was concentrated and the residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (20% ethyl acetate in petroleum ether) to afford the title compound (1.57 g, 11.89 mmol, 96% yield) as a pale-yellow solid. MS (ESI) m/z 133.1 [M+H]+.

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