Hydrochloric Acid → Nitrobenzene

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Reaction Steps

A derivative of 3-nitrobenzyl chloride (IV) and a compound of the formula (V) are reacted in a solvent such as dimethylformamide, hexamethylphosphoramide, etc., in the presence of a hydrogen chloride acceptor such as KOH, NaH, etc., at a temperature in the range from -10° to 150° C., preferably from 0° to 80° C., for 0.1 to 20 hours, preferably 0.5 to 10 hours, to obtain a nitrobenzene derivative of the formula (VI). This nitrobenzene derivative is reduced into an aniline derivative (VII) by a conventional method, for example, by adding hydrazine hydrate to said nitrobenzene derivative in an alcohol and heating the solution under reflux in the presence of palladium-charcoal for 1 to 10 hours.

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