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13.8     Accomplish the following conversions:

                (ix) Aniline to benzyl alcohol

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Aniline on treating with nitrous acid followed by sandmeyers reaction gives benzonitrile (C_{6}H_{5}C\equiv N), which on acidic hydrolysis form benzoic acid  (C_{6}H_{5}COOH) and then reduction process with LiAlH_{4} (lithium aluminium hydride) to get desired product.

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