Phenylamine (Aniline) Menu

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

Making phenylamine from benzene via nitrobenzene.

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.

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

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

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

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.