Ammonium Hydroxide → HCID 13127496, compound

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2-Chloro-4-ethylaniline [14.5 g; described by K. Altau, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 8, 122 (1963)] was dissolved, with stirring, in glacial acetic acid (113 ml). A solution of sodium nitrite (7.0 g) in concentrated sulphuric acid (55 ml) was then added at 55°-60° C. The solution thus obtained was cooled to 0°-5° C. and a solution of stannous chloride (70 g) in concentrated hydrochloric acid (80 ml) was added with vigorous stirring. A cream-coloured solid precipitated. The mixture was filtered and the solid obtained was added to a mixture of aqueous ammonium hydroxide solution and ice. The mixture thus obtained was extracted with diethyl ether (4×300 ml) and the combined ethereal extracts were dried over sodium sulphate, filtered and evaporated to dryness, to give 2-chloro-4-ethylphenylhydrazine (9.6 g), m.p. 55°-57° C., in the form of a cream-coloured solid.

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