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Abstract
2-Propanol in the presence of Raney nickel rapidly reduces aromatic nitro compounds to give the corresponding anilines. Reduction of the aromatic ring itself can generally be avoided by the judicious choice of the reaction time and temperature. Some substituent effects are noted.