Question

How will you convert the following ?
Chlorobenzene to Aniline.

Answer 1

Conversion of chlorobenzene to aniline-

$\underset{\left(\text{Chlorobenzene}\right)}{C_6{H}_5-Cl}\underset{450℃}{\overset{\text{alc. KOH}}{\to }}\underset{\left(\text{Phenol}\right)}{C_6{H}_5-OH}\stackrel{\text{Zn dust}}{\to }\underset{\left(\text{Benzene}\right)}{C_6{H}_6}\stackrel{HN{O}_3+H_{2}S{O}_4}{\to }\underset{\left(\text{Nitro benzene}\right)}{C_6{H}_5-N{O}_2}\stackrel{Sn+HCl}{\to }\underset{\left(\text{Aniline}\right)}{C_6{H}_5-N{H}_2}$