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Chemistry
The method by which aniline cannot be prepared is
Q. The method by which aniline cannot be prepared is
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A
Nitration of benzene followed by reduction with Sn and con HCI
14%
B
Degradation of benzamide with bromine in alkaline solution
21%
C
Reduction of nitrobenzene with
H
2
/
P
d
is ethanol
15%
D
Potassium salt of phthalimide treated with chlorgbenzene followed by the hydrolysis with aqueous NaOH solution
50%
Solution:
Gabriel phthalimide synthesis not preferred for preparing aniline because amine formation involves nucleophilic substitution of alkyl halides by the anion formed by phthalimide. But aryl halides do not undergo nucleophilic substitution.