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

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2-Nitro-4-cyanoaniline (2.21 g) was hydrogenated using 7.5% palladium carbon (320 mg) in ethanol (44 ml) at atmospheric pressure over 2 hours. After completion of the reaction, the reaction mixture was filtered through celite, and the solvent was evaporated. To the obtained residue was added chloroform and the resultant solid was collected by filtration and dried under reduced pressure to give the title compound (474 mg).

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