Benzonitrile, 3,5-dinitro- → 3,5-Diaminobenzonitrile

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Reaction Steps

20% Pd(OH)2 (0.13 g) was added to a stirred suspension of 3,5-dinitrobenzonitrile (0.50 g, 2.59 mmol, 1 eq, Aldrich) in 10 ml EtOH. A H2 balloon was added. After stirring over the weekend the mixture was filtered through Celite. The filter cake was rinsed with EtOH (×3). The organics were removed in vacuo. The residue was stirred in CHCl3 and the resulting mixture was filtered (×3). The CHCl3 fractions were combined, and the solvent was removed in vacuo to yield crude 3,5-diaminobenzonitrile.

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