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Summary of Reactions

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24 • Summary of Reactions

24 • Summary of Reactions

  1. Synthesis of amines (Section 24.6)
    1. Reduction of nitriles
    2. Reduction of amides
    3. Reduction of nitrobenzenes
    4. SN2 Alkylation of alkyl halides
    5. Gabriel amine synthesis
    6. Reduction of azides
    7. Reductive amination of aldehydes/ketones
    8. Hofmann rearrangement of amides
    9. Curtius rearrangement of acyl azides
  2. Reactions of amines
    1. Alkylation with alkyl halides; see reaction 1(d)
    2. Hofmann elimination (Section 24.7)
    3. Diazotization (Section 24.8)
  3. Reactions of arenediazonium salts (Section 24.8)
    1. Nucleophilic substitutions
    2. Diazonium coupling
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