Chemistry A-Level
Reduction of nitroarenes to aromatic amines
What Reduction of nitroarenes to aromatic amines means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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Nitroarenes such as nitrobenzene can be reduced to aromatic amines such as phenylamine using tin and concentrated hydrochloric acid.
Topics that use Reduction of nitroarenes to aromatic amines
- Amines (OCR A-Level)
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- Nucleophilic substitution
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- Proton acceptance by the nitrogen lone pair
- Reagent and condition recognition
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