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How is the following conversion carried out?
Chlorobenzene to aniline
How will you convert chlorobenzene into aniline?
How would you convert chlorobenzene to chlorobenzene to aniline?
Chemical Equations/Structures
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Solution
Chlorobenzene is converted to aniline by heating it with ammonia (NH3) in the presence of Cu2O as a catalyst at 475 K and 60 atm pressure. This reaction replaces the chlorine atom with an amino group (–NH2), forming aniline.

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