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How will you bring about the following conversion?
Chlorobenzene to aniline.
Answer
Answer
AIEquation: $2\mathrm{C_{6}H_{5}Cl} + 2\mathrm{NH_{3}} + \mathrm{Cu_{2}O} \xrightarrow{\text{475}\text{ }\text{K}\text{,}\text{ }\text{pressure}} 2\mathrm{C_{6}H_{5}NH_{2}} + \mathrm{Cu_{2}Cl_{2}} + \mathrm{H_{2}O}$
Chlorobenzene is heated with ammonia under pressure in the presence of cuprous oxide to give aniline.
From ISC 2020 Chemistry Paper 1, question 11(iii).