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Question
Answer the following.
Write a reaction to prepare ethanamine from Nitroethane
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Solution
Nitroethane on reduction in presence of Sn/HCl or LiAlH4 in ether yields ethanamine.
\[\ce{\underset{\text{Nitroethane}}{CH3 - CH2 - NO2} ->[LiAlH4/ether]\underset{\text{Ethanamine}}{CH3 - CH2 - NH2}}\]
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