Benzyl Alcohol → HCID 13907841, compound

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To 20.4 parts of 36% w/w hydrochloric acid in which had previously been dissolved 13.4 parts of anhydrous zinc chloride are added 27.6 parts of o-nitro-aniline and 10.8 parts of benzyl alcohol. This mixture is stirred under reflux temperature for 6 hours and then poured into a hot solution of 50 parts of sodium hydroxide in 100 parts of water. After allowing the decomposed reaction mixtures to cool the organic phase is extracted with ether, and the ether solution washed with water, the ether evaporated and the residue distilled to give a fraction with boiling point 192°-8° C. at 0.4 millibars. This fraction after dilution with 40°-60° petroleum ether containing a little ether yields 4-benzyl-2-nitro-aniline m.p. 80°-3° C.

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