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13.8     Accomplish the following conversions:

                (i) Nitrobenzene to benzoic acid

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First, reduce nitrobenzene into aniline with the help of H_{2}/Pd. Now convert aniline to diazonium salt followed by sandmeyers reaction (CuCN/KCN) to benzonitrile and after acid hydrolysis benzonitrile becomes benzoic acid.

 

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