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Offline BetaAmyloid

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Azobenzene
« on: November 28, 2009, 10:14:15 PM »
Hi, I'm making a photochromic leuco dye, specifically azobenzene.

Can someone tell me the products of:

C6H5NO2 + CH3COOH + Fe :rarrow: C12H10N2 + ?

This is nitrobenzene added to acetic acid...then reduced by iron fillings.

What else is formed other than azobenzene?

Thanks. :)
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Re: Azobenzene
« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2009, 07:58:05 PM »
Oh, I think you can also use HCl + Fe or Zn in this situation for reduction of nitro compounds..
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Re: Azobenzene
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2009, 01:56:12 AM »
Hi, I'm making a photochromic leuco dye, specifically azobenzene.

Can someone tell me the products of:

C6H5NO2 + CH3COOH + Fe :rarrow: C12H10N2 + ?

This is nitrobenzene added to acetic acid...then reduced by iron fillings.

What else is formed other than azobenzene?

Thanks. :)
Does acetic acid reacts with iron? Write down a compound which is formed on the right side. Do you know the compound which is formed in the reaction of hydrogen with oxygen?
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Re: Azobenzene
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2009, 07:40:49 PM »
Obviously it produces hydrogen, which is the reducing agent. If it is just doing a typical acid-metal reaction, which it is, an iron acetate will form...
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