PHENYLAMINE (ANILINE) MENU

 

Background . . .

An introduction to phenylamine (aniline) and its physical properties.

Preparation . . .

Making phenylamine from benzene via nitrobenzene.

Reactions of phenylamine as a primary amine . . .

This covers the reactions that phenylamine has in common with other primary amines - its reactions as a base, its acylation with acyl chlorides and acid anhydrides, and its reaction with halogenoalkanes.

Making diazonium salts . . .

The reaction of phenylamine with nitrous acid to produce diazonium ions.

Reactions of diazonium salts . . .

Using them to make phenol and iodobenzene, and the coupling reactions with phenol, naphthalen-2-ol (2-naphthol) and phenylamine.

The reaction of phenylamine with bromine water . . .

This is an example of a reaction of the benzene ring in phenylamine, showing how the amino group activates the ring.


          

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properties and reactions of aliphatic amines. . .

Covers the physical and chemical properties of amines where the amine group is attached to a carbon chain (or just a methyl group) rather than a benzene ring.