4-Amino-3-nitrobenzonitrile → 3,4-Diaminobenzonitrile

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3-Nitro-4-amino-benzonitrile (4.38 g) was dissolved in ethanol (600 ml) and added with stannous chloride dihydrate (34.6 g) and the whole was heated to 60° C. Sodium borohydride (366 mg) was gradually added thereto and the whole was stirred overnight at 60° C. After completion of the reaction, the resultant was filtrated through Celite and the filtrate was subjected to distillation of the solvent under reduced pressure. The residue was dissolved in chloroform, washed with a saturated aqueous sodium hydrogen carbonate solution and a saturated saline solution, and then dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate. After filtration, the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure. The residue was allowed to recrystallize (hexane/ethyl acetate), thereby obtaining the subject compound (2.56 g) as a brown crystal.

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