How to pronounce“aniline”in English

We start with aniline, which is a benzene ring with an N-H-2 group.

One way to acetylate our aniline is using acetyl chloride and pyridine as a base to accept the proton on the N-H-2 group.

So let's hit pause on our aniline reaction and do that!

For example, aniline, which is a precursor of the indigo dye used in blue jeans, is a much weaker base than alkylamines.

We can use an amide forming reaction to turn aniline into acetanilide, and once we've done this, we'll need to purify our new product.

The main method used today involves a compound called aniline as a starting point, which can be produced from nitrobenzene, which we met back in episode 37.

Back at the start, we mentioned that aniline, one of the reagents used to make synthetic indigo, is formed from nitrobenzene.