Chemist no. 260 of 350 · Organic
Nikolay Zinin
1812-1880Russia
Zinin reduction; aniline from nitrobenzene
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The Zinin Reduction: How Nitrobenzene Became Aniline
How Nikolay Zinin made aniline from nitrobenzene in 1842, the Zinin reduction, mechanism, uses in dyes and drugs, with exam points for JAM, NET, GATE.
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Nikolay Nikolaevich Zinin (1812-1880): The Patriarch of Russian Organic Chemistry
Biography of Nikolay Nikolaevich Zinin (1812-1880), Russian organic chemist who discovered the reduction of nitrobenzene to aniline. Timeline, honours, legacy.
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