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Wilkins R e e v e
and V a l e r i e C. L o w e Univers~tyof Maryland College Park, MD 20742
heparation of Acetanilide from Nitrobenzene
W e have developed a n improved synthesis of acetanilide from nitrohenzene which undergraduates c a n complete in a single laboratory period. Traditional experiments involve t h e reduction of nitrohenzene with t i n o r iron a n d hydrochloric ;acid, steam diqtillatiun, wtravri
