What is the product when you put nitrobenzene and Tin in dilute HCl? How to predict this?

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Jun 9, 2015

There is no product with dilute HCl but there is with concentrated HCl to give phenylamine #C_6H_5NH_2#

Explanation:

Tin and concentrated HCl form a suitable reducing agent to convert nitrobenzene to phenylamine:

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The electrons are provided by the oxidation of tin:

#SnrarrSn^(2+)+2e#

and:

#Sn^(2+)rarrSn^(4+)+2e#

To form the phenylamine base is added:

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